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CVE-2025-71227 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d3ff7e5812c8d70300f6fa8f524009a06aa7e1 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99067b58a408a384d2a45c105eb3dce980a862ce kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-71227
NVD Published Date:
02/18/2026
NVD Last Modified:
02/18/2026
Source:
kernel.org