Vulnerability CVE-2024-27434
Published: 2024-05-17

Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't set the MFP flag for the GTK

The firmware doesn't need the MFP flag for the GTK, it can even make the
firmware crash. in case the AP is configured with: group cipher TKIP and
MFPC. We would send the GTK with cipher = TKIP and MFP which is of course
not possible.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f1b0b3b91762edd19bf9d3b2e4c3a0740501f8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40405cbb20eb6541c603e7b3d54ade0a7be9d715
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60f6d5fc84a9fd26528a24d8a267fc6a6698b628
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e35f316bce9e5733c9826120c1838f4c447b2c4c
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