CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-90399

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, ath12k_wmi_mac_phy_caps_parse() allocates the mac_phy_caps buffer as tot_phy_id * len, where len is clamped, but memcpy() advances the destination by the full struct size per slot. When firmware sends short TLVs, the second and later slots are written past the end of the allocation.

Risk Assessment

An out-of-bounds write can lead to kernel memory corruption, system crash, or potential privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that uses kzalloc_objs() to make allocation size and pointer stride consistent.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse() Currently, in ath12k_wmi_mac_phy_caps_parse(), kzalloc() sizes the mac_phy_caps buffer as tot_phy_id * len, where len is clamped to min(firmware_len, sizeof(struct ath12k_wmi_mac_phy_caps_params)). The subsequent memcpy() destination advances by sizeof(full struct) per slot via C pointer arithmetic, not by the clamped len. When firmware sends short TLVs, the second and later slots are written past the end of the allocation. The reader in ath12k_pull_mac_phy_cap_svc_ready_ext() also indexes the buffer with full-struct pointer arithmetic, so the allocation must match that stride. Fix by using kzalloc_objs(), which derives the element size from the pointer type, making allocation size and pointer stride provably consistent regardless of what len the firmware provides. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c7-00108-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ_UPSTREAM-3

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