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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-02-18T14:21:48.422Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-20T11:30:51.767Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-71227 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-71227.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d3ff7e5812c8d70300f6fa8f524009a06aa7e1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99067b58a408a384d2a45c105eb3dce980a862ce cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026021859-CVE-2025-71227-949c@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71227 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71227 cve-icon
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