{"id":"CVE-2024-43879","revision":"c23e2fc7a079461389c83d4894cdc723","records":[{"revision":"c23e2fc7a079461389c83d4894cdc723","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2024-43879","aliases":[],"title":"wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he()\n\nCurrently NL80211_RATE_INFO_HE_RU_ALLOC_2x996 is not handled in\ncfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he(), leading to below warning:\n\nkernel: invalid HE MCS: bw:6, ru:6\nkernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2312 at net/wireless/util.c:1501 cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he+0x22b/0x270 [cfg80211]\n\nFix it by handling 2x996 RU allocation in the same way as 160 MHz bandwidth.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2024-08-21T00:06:31.488+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T00:48:42.323+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor 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