CVE-2024-43841

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: virt_wifi: avoid reporting connection success with wrong SSID

When user issues a connection with a different SSID than the one virt_wifi has advertised, the __cfg80211_connect_result() will trigger the warning: WARN_ON(bss_not_found).

The issue is because the connection code in virt_wifi does not check the SSID from user space (it only checks the BSSID), and virt_wifi will call cfg80211_connect_result() with WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS even if the SSID is different from the one virt_wifi has advertised. Eventually cfg80211 won't be able to find the cfg80211_bss and generate the warning.

Fixed it by checking the SSID (from user space) in the connection code.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 17, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-43841: Low severity, CVSS 3.3 | Vulnix