CVE-2026-90407

wifi: ath11k: fix overreads in ath11k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event()

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath11k: fix overreads in ath11k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event()

There is no policy entry for WMI_TAG_PDEV_CSA_SWITCH_COUNT_STATUS_EVENT, so the parse infrastructure does not enforce a minimum length for the event struct. Additionally, the num_vdevs field is taken directly from firmware and used as a loop bound over the vdev_ids array without checking that it fits within the TLV payload. Either condition can cause an out-of-bounds read.

Add a TLV policy entry for WMI_TAG_PDEV_CSA_SWITCH_COUNT_STATUS_EVENT so the parse infrastructure enforces a minimum length for the fixed-size event struct. Add a helper ath11k_wmi_tlv_data_len() to recover the payload length of a parsed TLV from the header preceding its data pointer. Use it in ath11k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event() to bound num_vdevs before the loop.

Compile tested only.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 57e77a6d900e5bc6e73ccd3ee1ba3bce834c9ddeAffected
  • d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before f760b7d7e43584d2fa9bffcec1a04e502609f827Affected
  • d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before d6625dc5f1fe42cd81b8c57a1f5317afb9b410ceAffected
  • d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 0364926fb4bfb5b798e5fe2785b3023b4f767327Affected
  • d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 5de2b8c53714ad58f2fda118cd29ebbe31b38665Affected
  • d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 208d7fdb85976a737a715b81d54efaff6703880cAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.6Affected
  • before 5.6Not affected
  • 6.1.191 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.157 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.110 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.52 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.6 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

References

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