# CVE-2025-71227: wifi: mac80211: don't WARN for connections on invalid channels

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.10
- Published: 2026-02-18 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.8
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.8.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.114; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't WARN for connections on invalid channels It's not clear (to me) how exactly syzbot managed to hit this, but it seems conceivable that e.g. regulatory changed and has disabled a channel between scanning (channel is checked to be usable by cfg80211_get_ies_channel_number) and connecting on the channel later. With one scenario that isn't covered elsewhere described above, the warning isn't good, replace it with a (more informative) error message.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.10) per the references below.
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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/6acc2d23f13d60874981b4828ba156ba01c86510
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02b1d244a5d799696ca74d3fba6539c8d76195f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/579cf5939f8f4c4f88c75862d0c573fb13567b74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d3ff7e5812c8d70300f6fa8f524009a06aa7e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99067b58a408a384d2a45c105eb3dce980a862ce

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