CVE-2024-40930: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.8, before 6.9.6 (fixed in 6.9.6); version 6.10 only

Published 2024-07-12. Last modified 2026-08-04.