wifi: ath9k: fix OOB access from firmware tx status queue ID
Priority MEDIUM 40Published · Updated
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
- Partial Red Hat: 5 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: ath9k: fix OOB access from firmware tx status queue ID ath_tx_edma_tasklet() accesses sc->tx.txq[ts.qid] where ts.qid is a 4-bit hardware field (0-15), but the txq array only has ATH9K_NUM_TX_QUEUES (10) entries. A qid >= 10 causes an OOB array access. Add a bounds check on ts.qid before using it as an array index.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00412 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 +5Red Hat: 5 without a fix
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 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 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 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74408
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6hv7-5h9p-9jrw
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb11083db9d7d6fb8f98bbba1cbfcf3fb7b4bf54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/734db72d55ca578a344dfa33e30145032c074b25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5931d06b45ed402572bfe5832fff15864ef5481
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46ca1451f61b598f45cb5259e066d305444d95fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e055ac62cb3fcea262d4b687ec73eed82b3379
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5435fd3edcb11c7cc4002847c83e9a50b49284dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/336d4c8cd9b1646060ee690c881d465dfc09c6c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce2f118a2389e8f0a64068c6fe7cc7d40639be0
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74408 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74408 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6hv7-5h9p-9jrw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74408 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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