{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-71227","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-02-14T16:26:02.970Z","datePublished":"2026-02-18T14:21:48.422Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:56:48.727Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:56:48.727Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: don't WARN for connections on invalid channels\n\nIt's not clear (to me) how exactly syzbot managed to hit this,\nbut it seems conceivable that e.g. regulatory changed and has\ndisabled a channel between scanning (channel is checked to be\nusable by cfg80211_get_ies_channel_number) and connecting on\nthe channel later.\n\nWith one scenario that isn't covered elsewhere described above,\nthe warning isn't good, replace it with a (more informative)\nerror message."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/mlme.c"],"versions":[{"version":"f2d9d270c15ae0139b54a7e7466d738327e97e03","lessThan":"10d3ff7e5812c8d70300f6fa8f524009a06aa7e1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f2d9d270c15ae0139b54a7e7466d738327e97e03","lessThan":"99067b58a408a384d2a45c105eb3dce980a862ce","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/mlme.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.10","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.19"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d3ff7e5812c8d70300f6fa8f524009a06aa7e1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99067b58a408a384d2a45c105eb3dce980a862ce"}],"title":"wifi: mac80211: don't WARN for connections on invalid channels","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}