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GHSA-FC43-5VGP-H862

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-25 12:31

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

wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id

usb_device_id is not guaranteed to live longer than probe due to presence of dynamic ID. All information apart from driver_data can be easily retrieved from usb_device, so just store driver_data.

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CVE-2026-97541 (GCVE-0-2026-97541)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 10:21 – Updated: 2026-09-28 05:31

Title

wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id usb_device_id is not guaranteed to live longer than probe due to presence of dynamic ID. All information apart from driver_data can be easily retrieved from usb_device, so just store driver_data.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e70a6785bd02cf9e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5e396578097d02e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34aa59950597e336…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d2ac442d660e112…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 0ed7b93e307fd02188a33b80897069d3acc76485 , < 8e70a6785bd02cf9ef7fd21ebccf46a8ba23014e (git) Affected: 0ed7b93e307fd02188a33b80897069d3acc76485 , < 9d5e396578097d02e859798207db41ed4b831f50 (git) Affected: 0ed7b93e307fd02188a33b80897069d3acc76485 , < c34aa59950597e3360e9cef9d08cdf4edb30ad4d (git) Affected: 0ed7b93e307fd02188a33b80897069d3acc76485 , < 14d2ac442d660e112efc0ce87ad10085013ed2b1 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.4 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.111 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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