CVE-2024-40930

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: validate HE operation element parsing Validate that the HE operation element has the correct length before parsing it.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3a3893dae5a7f73e5809273aca0f1f3548d55	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15e3e13e14cc5ae8f950c16efe706add18ac8e2	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3a3893dae5a7f73e5809273aca0f1f3548d55	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15e3e13e14cc5ae8f950c16efe706add18ac8e2	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2::::::

History

06 Oct 2025, 20:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3a3893dae5a7f73e5809273aca0f1f3548d55 -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3a3893dae5a7f73e5809273aca0f1f3548d55 - Patch
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15e3e13e14cc5ae8f950c16efe706add18ac8e2 -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15e3e13e14cc5ae8f950c16efe706add18ac8e2 - Patch
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5
First Time		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2::::::

Information

Published : 2024-07-12 13:15

Updated : 2025-10-06 20:52

NVD link : CVE-2024-40930

Mitre link : CVE-2024-40930

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-40930

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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