Threats affecting pkg:rpm/redhat/hostapd

A denial of service vulnerability exists in hostapd due to improper handling of malformed Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation association requests. This flaw could cause the hostapd daemon, which manages Wi-Fi access point authentication, to crash or become unresponsive. The issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. Red Hat has released security updates to address this vulnerability.