CVE-2026-90408

wifi: ath12k: fix overreads in ath12k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event()

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 21, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

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

wifi: ath12k: fix overreads in ath12k_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 ath12k_wmi_tlv_data_len() to recover the payload length of a parsed TLV from the header preceding its data pointer. Use it in ath12k_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
  • d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 to before d4aec20f3a84634171c139ab2e02bb2e5a5c756bAffected
  • d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 to before 24f7cdabea9f7ab95dbd6d8bc9ac6ec48d96a7e5Affected
  • d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 to before 23bed4ef132c55c9016f0c6122c8b8ba2efa2353Affected
  • d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 to before bf97c9d5123859a07848462539153176db029f3aAffected
  • d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 to before 878654eb78c6aa0ff585baf1376567c775ca28ecAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.3Affected
  • before 6.3Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.114 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.57 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.6 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

References

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