GHSA-82CG-8MXR-GW2Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-17 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31In 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.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-43841"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-17T10:15:09Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: virt_wifi: avoid reporting connection success with wrong SSID\n\nWhen user issues a connection with a different SSID than the one\nvirt_wifi has advertised, the __cfg80211_connect_result() will\ntrigger the warning: WARN_ON(bss_not_found).\n\nThe issue is because the connection code in virt_wifi does not\ncheck the SSID from user space (it only checks the BSSID), and\nvirt_wifi will call cfg80211_connect_result() with WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS\neven if the SSID is different from the one virt_wifi has advertised.\nEventually cfg80211 won\u0027t be able to find the cfg80211_bss and generate\nthe warning.\n\nFixed it by checking the SSID (from user space) in the connection code.",
"id": "GHSA-82cg-8mxr-gw2q",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:15Z",
"published": "2024-08-17T12:30:32Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05c4488a0e446c6ccde9f22b573950665e1cd414"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html"
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