CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-46152

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() had a static variable causing a race condition under concurrent RX. Threads overwrote each other's results, leading to incorrect packet handling.

Risk Assessment

This can cause Wi-Fi traffic processing errors, potentially enabling man-in-the-middle attacks or denial of service.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that changes the variable declaration to automatic.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: drop stray 'static' from fast-RX rx_result ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() is documented as safe for parallel RX, but its per-invocation rx_result is declared static. Concurrent callers then share one instance and can overwrite each other's result between ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() and the switch on res. That can make a packet that was queued or consumed by ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() fall through into ieee80211_rx_8023(), or make a packet that should continue return as queued. Make res an automatic variable so each invocation keeps its own result.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS