---
id: CVE-2024-42114
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: cfg80211: restrict NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM values

  syzbot is able to trigger softlockups, setting NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM
  to 2^31.

  We had a similar issue in sc…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: cfg80211: restrict NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM values

  syzbot is able to trigger softlockups, setting NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM
  to 2^31.

  We had a similar issue in sc…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-667
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 4.18, < 5.10.244'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.165'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.106'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.47'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.9.9'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.9.9
published: '2024-07-30'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:18:43.980'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42114'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33ac5a4eb3d4bea2146658f1b6d1fa86d62d2b22'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc06f6d142d2840735543216a60d0a8c345bdec'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ac0cc9c0bef984e29637b1efa93d7214b42f53'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a3ac7fb36962c34698f884bd697938054ff2afa'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1cba2ea8121e7fdbe1328cea782876b1dd80993'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e87c2f098f52aa2fe20258a5bb1738d6a74e9ed7'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1cba2ea8121e7fdbe1328cea782876b1dd80993'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e87c2f098f52aa2fe20258a5bb1738d6a74e9ed7'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00176
epssPercentile: 0.0706
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.729Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-09-10T16:17:20.245237Z'
---

## Overview

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

wifi: cfg80211: restrict NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM values

syzbot is able to trigger softlockups, setting NL80211_ATTR_TXQ_QUANTUM
to 2^31.

We had a similar issue in sch_fq, fixed with commit
d9e15a273306 ("pkt_sched: fq: do not accept silly TCA_FQ_QUANTUM")

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 26s! [kworker/1:0:24]
Modules linked in:
irq event stamp: 131135
 hardirqs last  enabled at (131134): [<ffff80008ae8778c>] __exit_to_kernel_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:85 [inline]
 hardirqs last  enabled at (131134): [<ffff80008ae8778c>] exit_to_kernel_mode+0xdc/0x10c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:95
 hardirqs last disabled at (131135): [<ffff80008ae85378>] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:533 [inline]
 hardirqs last disabled at (131135): [<ffff80008ae85378>] el1_interrupt+0x24/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:551
 softirqs last  enabled at (125892): [<ffff80008907e82c>] neigh_hh_init net/core/neighbour.c:1538 [inline]
 softirqs last  enabled at (125892): [<ffff80008907e82c>] neigh_resolve_output+0x268/0x658 net/core/neighbour.c:1553
 softirqs last disabled at (125896): [<ffff80008904166c>] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19
CPU: 1 PID: 24 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-gfda5695d692c #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024
Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
 pc : __list_del include/linux/list.h:195 [inline]
 pc : __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:218 [inline]
 pc : list_move_tail include/linux/list.h:310 [inline]
 pc : fq_tin_dequeue include/net/fq_impl.h:112 [inline]
 pc : ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x6b8/0x3b4c net/mac80211/tx.c:3854
 lr : __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:218 [inline]
 lr : list_move_tail include/linux/list.h:310 [inline]
 lr : fq_tin_dequeue include/net/fq_impl.h:112 [inline]
 lr : ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x67c/0x3b4c net/mac80211/tx.c:3854
sp : ffff800093d36700
x29: ffff800093d36a60 x28: ffff800093d36960 x27: dfff800000000000
x26: ffff0000d800ad50 x25: ffff0000d800abe0 x24: ffff0000d800abf0
x23: ffff0000e0032468 x22: ffff0000e00324d4 x21: ffff0000d800abf0
x20: ffff0000d800abf8 x19: ffff0000d800abf0 x18: ffff800093d363c0
x17: 000000000000d476 x16: ffff8000805519dc x15: ffff7000127a6cc8
x14: 1ffff000127a6cc8 x13: 0000000000000004 x12: ffffffffffffffff
x11: ffff7000127a6cc8 x10: 0000000000ff0100 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : ffff80009287aa08 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : ffff80008034c7fc
x2 : ffff0000e0032468 x1 : 00000000da0e46b8 x0 : ffff0000e0032470
Call trace:
  __list_del include/linux/list.h:195 [inline]
  __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:218 [inline]
  list_move_tail include/linux/list.h:310 [inline]
  fq_tin_dequeue include/net/fq_impl.h:112 [inline]
  ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x6b8/0x3b4c net/mac80211/tx.c:3854
  wake_tx_push_queue net/mac80211/util.c:294 [inline]
  ieee80211_handle_wake_tx_queue+0x118/0x274 net/mac80211/util.c:315
  drv_wake_tx_queue net/mac80211/driver-ops.h:1350 [inline]
  schedule_and_wake_txq net/mac80211/driver-ops.h:1357 [inline]
  ieee80211_queue_skb+0x18e8/0x2244 net/mac80211/tx.c:1664
  ieee80211_tx+0x260/0x400 net/mac80211/tx.c:1966
  ieee80211_xmit+0x278/0x354 net/mac80211/tx.c:2062
  __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0xab8/0x122c net/mac80211/tx.c:4338
  ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0xe0/0x438 net/mac80211/tx.c:4532
  __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline]
  netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4917 [inline]
  xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3531 [inline]
  dev_hard_start_xmit+0x27c/0x938 net/core/dev.c:3547
  __dev_queue_xmit+0x1678/0x33fc net/core/dev.c:4341
  dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3091 [inline]
  neigh_resolve_output+0x558/0x658 net/core/neighbour.c:1563
  neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline]
  ip6_fini
---truncated---

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 4.18, < 5.10.244`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.165`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.106`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.47`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.9.9`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.9.9`