Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 26, 2024· Updated Jan 5, 2026

wifi: nl80211: disallow setting special AP channel widths

CVE-2024-43912

Description

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

Setting the AP channel width is meant for use with the normal 20/40/... MHz channel width progression, and switching around in S1G or narrow channels isn't supported. Disallow that.

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LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

109

Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy2 versions
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osv-coords107 versions
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wifi: nl80211: disallow setting special AP channel widths

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