Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-64176
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix driver-set TX rates on old devices
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix driver-set TX rates on old devices On old devices such as 7265D, rates are still encoded in version 1 format, which doesn't use the CCK/OFDM rate index (0-3/0-7) but rather their PLCP value (e.g. 10 for 1 Mbps CCK rate.) While introducing v3 rates, I changed the driver from internally handling v1 rates and converting to v2, to internally handling v3 and converting to v1 or v2 according to the firmware. I accordingly changed the code in iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to no longer have different values for different APIs. This was correct. However, I later reverted this part of the change, because it was reported that I had broken beacon rates, causing a FW assert/crash. This caused TX_CMD rates to be set incorrectly, potentially causing a warning when reported back from the device as having been used. Fix this (hopefully correctly now) by handling beacon rates in the TX_CMD that's embedded in the beacon template command separately. Restore iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to return only the rate index, not PLCP value, fixing the real TX_CMD.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.18 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | c6c14c2b08e9c4c82e1ec39ef3e8b9ec845ac7fd | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 3592c0083fb29cca13cd9978b8844d58b4eff548 ≤ v < 6fe92651b44fd3cfc8dcfdaad0e82885c384dada | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 3592c0083fb29cca13cd9978b8844d58b4eff548 ≤ v < 6b58a79f2cd98156856eb49e8b55db5facdd7e6d | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 3592c0083fb29cca13cd9978b8844d58b4eff548 ≤ v < fb84b5cbcaab3ca0f4e961d92a40ed7f3aac483b | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 6.17.9 ≤ v < 6.18 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
3Details
- Published
- 2026-07-19
- Last updated
- 2026-10-19
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-682Incorrect Calculation