CVE-2024-43912: 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: nl80211: disallow setting special AP channel widths 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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 6.1.105 (fixed in 6.1.105); from 6.2, before 6.6.46 (fixed in 6.6.46); from 6.7, before 6.10.5 (fixed in 6.10.5)

Published 2024-08-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.