CVE-2026-68353 (GCVE-0-2026-68353)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:03 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:33
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Title
wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler
The firmware-controlled num_msg field (u8, 0-255) drives the loop in
ath6kl_wmi_tx_complete_event_rx() without validation against the buffer
length. This allows out-of-bounds reads of up to 1020 bytes past the
WMI event buffer when the firmware sends an inflated num_msg.
Add a check that the buffer is large enough to hold the fixed struct
and the num_msg variable-length entries.
Severity
8.1 (High)
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < 5297299c3fa6133275db0be99d69cd759b6cbfe9
(git)
Affected: bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < 35196a07603f8c94a4943093bc26d5b5826285f8 (git) Affected: bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < 0e0fc04af9b443c6b425f00fb604ff599bc80d1d (git) Affected: bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < 69ac7ba3a3df6654e7daa82674575a8c4a1a63ea (git) Affected: bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < 289edc3c71344b89e6522891147cfb8f61b088bb (git) Affected: bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < eb636fbc443149b3501c3f97e26225ddcb314a0f (git) Affected: bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < c38b0d5c661951b5dd082bdf31f8a57a0ce6e540 (git) Affected: bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 , < 3a21c89215cc18f1a97c5e5bfd1da6d4f3d44495 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
3.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.2 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.265 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.216 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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