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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2024· Updated Jan 5, 2026

wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check

CVE-2024-41072

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check

In 'cfg80211_wext_siwscan()', add extra check whether number of channels passed via 'ioctl(sock, SIOCSIWSCAN, ...)' doesn't exceed IW_MAX_FREQUENCIES and reject invalid request with -EINVAL otherwise.

Affected products

120

Patches

8

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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