CVE-2026-90399
wifi: ath12k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.4 High
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
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
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79c6f4f7d16eea1bcb8bc5c8fd6ec04a01b0614f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3355e0fdbbf531ca8b82a6a3feb80a1b7306a8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9a5d12cbdeb860306f8d47c92caee0ea6ee0e0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26f8f87f0a556e7984366c64cebc16d49e15d22f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c6eb712a91fa079be6f9f1419c96e0ad2227081
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