Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-90399

Linux Linux

wifi: ath12k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse()

CVSS 3.1
8.4High

Official description

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

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.4High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 ≤ v < 79c6f4f7d16eea1bcb8bc5c8fd6ec04a01b0614f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 ≤ v < d3355e0fdbbf531ca8b82a6a3feb80a1b7306a8b CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 ≤ v < b9a5d12cbdeb860306f8d47c92caee0ea6ee0e0a CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 ≤ v < 26f8f87f0a556e7984366c64cebc16d49e15d22f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 ≤ v < 4c6eb712a91fa079be6f9f1419c96e0ad2227081 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-09-17
Last updated
2026-10-21
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.18%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
8.2%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

Weaknesses (CWE)

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