CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68350

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the carl9170 driver has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the TX status handler. The bounds check uses `i > ((cmd->hdr.len / 2) + 1)` which is off by two, allowing 2 extra iterations past valid _tx_status entries when firmware-controlled hdr.ext exceeds hdr.len/2.

Risk Assessment

Possible buffer overread, potentially leading to information disclosure or system crash.

Recommendation

Install the Linux kernel patch that changes the condition to `i >= (cmd->hdr.len / 2)`.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: carl9170: fix OOB read from off-by-two in TX status handler The bounds check in carl9170_tx_process_status() uses `i > ((cmd->hdr.len / 2) + 1)` which is off by two, allowing 2 extra iterations past valid _tx_status entries when the firmware- controlled hdr.ext exceeds hdr.len/2. Fix by using the correct comparison `i >= (cmd->hdr.len / 2)`.

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