https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:27:38 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2024-43841 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>wifi: virt_wifi: avoid reporting connection success with wrong SSID</p> <p>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).</p> <p>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&#39;t be able to find the cfg80211_bss and generate the warning.</p> <p>Fixed it by checking the SSID (from user space) in the connection code.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>wifi: virt_wifi: avoid reporting connection success with wrong SSID</p> <p>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).</p> <p>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&#39;t be able to find the cfg80211_bss and generate the warning.</p> <p>Fixed it by checking the SSID (from user space) in the connection code.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2024-43841