wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB access from firmware ADDBA window size
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB access from firmware ADDBA window size aggr_recv_addba_req_evt() logs a debug message when the firmware-supplied win_sz is outside [AGGR_WIN_SZ_MIN, AGGR_WIN_SZ_MAX] but does not return. The out-of-range win_sz is then used in TID_WINDOW_SZ() to compute a kzalloc size and stored in rxtid->hold_q_sz, leading to zero-size or overflowed allocations and subsequent out-of-bounds access. Clean up any previously active aggregation session for the TID first, then return early when win_sz is out of the valid range, instead of proceeding with a broken allocation size.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
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: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68199
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-78gm-4hww-qgr6
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e3ca7954d8233fbc54bd370c1827670f43c538
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f480d9910fcfe326db3a6281df80e83af347193e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67bc9af4f41f2bdba20404fbd753b2a1bd6dd352
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4558c140782180e2c80a7588a4af9f8675adfc4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a65fd4722416061698b0a3277222381efbc4882
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58c6c8dc2e022e1b4f3dc58725a1ca49ff470f9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cec0a487cf38ac1f9bca240ffe8a94c5014b72f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44126b6994eeb28f2103b638e698f40a1244f327
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68199 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68199 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-78gm-4hww-qgr6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68199 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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