High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2024· Updated Aug 4, 2026

CVE-2024-40930

Description

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.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy5 versions
(expand)+ 4 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.8,<6.9.6
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6.8
osv-coords50 versions
pkg:linux/kernel pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6
>= 6.8.0, < 6.9.6+ 49 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.9.6
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150600.1.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1.150600.12.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150600.13.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1.150600.12.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-17.1.1.51
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1

cvss	0.461
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	-0.070
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2024-40930

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