CVE-2024-43844: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: wow: fix GTK offload H2C skbuff issue We mistakenly put skb too large and tha

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: wow: fix GTK offload H2C skbuff issue We mistakenly put skb too large and tha

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: wow: fix GTK offload H2C skbuff issue We mistakenly put skb too large and that may exceed skb->end. Therefore, we fix it. skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffffc09e9a9d len:416 put:204 head:ffff8fba04eca780 data:ffff8fba04eca7e0 tail:0x200 end:0x140 dev:<NULL> ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:192! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 1 PID: 4747 Comm: kworker/u4:44 Tainted: G O 6.6.30-02659-gc18865c4dfbd #1 86547039b47e46935493f615ee31d0b2d711d35e Hardware name: HP Meep/Meep, BIOS Google_Meep.11297.262.0 03/18/2021 Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x5d/0x60 Code: c6 63 8b 8f bb 4c 0f 45 f6 48 c7 c7 4d 89 8b bb 48 89 ce 44 89 d1 41 56 53 41 53 ff b0 c8 00 00 00 e8 27 5f 23 00 48 83 c4 20 <0f> 0b 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 RSP: 0018:ffffaa700144bad0 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000089 RBX: 0000000000000140 RCX: 14432c5aad26c900 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffdfff RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffffaa700144bae0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffaa700144b920 R10: 00000000ffff

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.18%, higher than 7% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 28, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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