PT-2024-29146 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2024-05-29 · Updated 2025-10-06 · CVE-2024-40930

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the validation of the HE operation element in the Linux kernel's cfg80211 module. Specifically, it involves validating that the HE operation element has the correct length before parsing it. This is related to wifi functionality.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_12746

ALSA-2025_12752

ALSA-2025_12753

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2026-04551

CVE-2024-40930

INFSA-2024_9315

RHSA-2024:9315

RHSA-2024_9315

SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1

USN-6999-1

USN-6999-2

USN-7004-1

USN-7005-1

USN-7005-2

USN-7008-1

USN-7029-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 1158

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/40xxx/CVE-2024-40930.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40930 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38780 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38622 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7029-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40912 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38634 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40930 · Vendor Advisory