wifi: mac80211: validate individual TWT params before driver setup
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: 3 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: mac80211: validate individual TWT params before driver setup ieee80211_process_rx_twt_action() only partially validates a received S1G TWT setup frame before queueing it. An individual agreement can therefore reach ieee80211_s1g_rx_twt_setup() with twt->length too short for the full struct ieee80211_twt_params. The individual path passes twt to drv_add_twt_setup(). Both the tracepoint and the driver callback consume the complete parameters block, not merely req_type. Do not pass a short individual agreement to the driver. Broadcast agreements remain unchanged because they are rejected locally after accessing only req_type. [edit commit message to not overclaim lack of validation nor understate driver impact]
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 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80722
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h7fr-f2m3-rhpf
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92fcd0f30dc8e51f252589b082d46851d295cc1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d60d1f72e6598241490eb6c4e97245af895c09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff558072d199c1d641d1561da622e67f780514de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ade9e2f0f7f4d3089600ac2af8ef0b91746f923b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b558e07708d886acfcf4b0391ed7a8546e81d326
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47fb04c3826e1f90271d405523043d6708b9072a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0502d5077e419427d80f4d46ba95d0067f5fb916
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80722 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80722 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h7fr-f2m3-rhpf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80722 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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