5.5

CVE-2024-43879: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43879DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43879
Published 21-08-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43879 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 32 · Related 27
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310RHSA-2024:9315SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1

Timeline

  1. 21-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he() Currently NL80211_RATE_INFO_HE_RU_ALLOC_2x996 is not handled in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he(), leading to below warning: kernel: invalid HE MCS: bw:6, ru:6 kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2312 at net/wireless/util.c:1501 cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he+0x22b/0x270 [cfg80211] Fix it by handling 2x996 RU allocation in the same way as 160 MHz bandwidth.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu125 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < 45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9 | ≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209d | ≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < 2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769f | ≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < 576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086 | ≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < 16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27 | ≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < 67b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c8142 | ≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < 19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742dd | ≥ c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f, < bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6 | 4.19
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.19, < 4.19.320 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.282 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.224 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.165 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.103 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.44 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.10.3-1

3 vendors · 128 products

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