CVE-2024-41072: 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: 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

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.19.319 (fixed in 4.19.319); from 4.20, before 5.4.281 (fixed in 5.4.281); from 5.5, before 5.10.223 (fixed in 5.10.223); from 5.11, before 5.15.164 (fixed in 5.15.164); from 5.16, before 6.1.101 (fixed in 6.1.101); from 6.2, before 6.6.42 (fixed in 6.6.42); …

Published 2024-07-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.