# CVE-2024-35937: wifi: cfg80211: check A-MSDU format more carefully

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-19 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: check A-MSDU format more carefully If it looks like there's another subframe in the A-MSDU but the header isn't fully there, we can end up reading data out of bounds, only to discard later. Make this a bit more careful and check if the subframe header can even be present.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eb3bc0973d084423a6df21cf2c74692ff05647e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7a8585fbb31e88fb2a0f581b70667d3300d1e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16da1e1dac23be45ef6e23c41b1508c400e6c544
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad7974856926129f190ffbe3beea78460b3b7cc

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