{"cve":"CVE-2024-43879","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-21T01:15:12.153","modified":"2026-10-15T01:18:48.667","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742dd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-43879","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12431,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}