wifi: wilc1000: validate assoc response length before subtracting header
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: validate assoc response length before subtracting header wilc_parse_assoc_resp_info() computes the trailing IE length as ies_len = buffer_len - sizeof(*res); without first checking that buffer_len is at least sizeof(struct wilc_assoc_resp) (6 bytes). buffer_len is the length reported for a received association response (host_int_parse_assoc_resp_info() passes hif_drv->assoc_resp / assoc_resp_info_len straight in) and must be validated before the driver accesses the fixed header. For a frame shorter than the 6-byte fixed header, the subtraction wraps. For a four-byte response the result is truncated to a u16 ies_len of 65534, so kmemdup() then attempts to copy 65534 bytes starting at buffer + sizeof(*res), beyond the valid association-response data (CWE-125). A response shorter than four bytes can also cause an out-of-bounds read of res->status_code at offsets 2 and 3. Reject frames too short to hold the fixed header before touching the header or computing ies_len. Also set the connection status to a failure on this path: the caller falls through to a "conn_info->status == WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS" check after the parser returns, so leaving the status untouched could let a malformed short response be treated as a successful association.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68196
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hm4w-q57w-3qrc
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d79b92417f33424ff23dad76716ed8f2cefb1083
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b81d0ea9e1daa215b3da68c1f4f6fb07940c2f6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d50acf5420de0c4da99c2d634731c9d3164a755
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/584c8954ad55f8b09b475be6db710fe40ceb988c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d410320e8ae5933e651660c9fadc1d380309e23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e511e93abd6eeedcd5b3c55516241f414fbde64a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ccdf8c8de87a9580df37c3c1ec53ba88cedef65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c4c97b60a5e978121d9ee8cb0ab3916e5d6a8de
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68196 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68196 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hm4w-q57w-3qrc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68196 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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