wifi: mt76: mt7996: validate RX band_idx before dereferencing phys[]
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: validate RX band_idx before dereferencing phys[] band_idx comes from a 2-bit descriptor field (0-3) and was used directly to index dev->mt76.phys[] (size __MT_MAX_BAND == 3) and dereference the result. A corrupt or reserved descriptor value could index out of bounds or hit a NULL phy on parts with fewer bands. Reject invalid band indices, mirroring mt7996_rx_get_wcid().
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 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90374
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xvmg-v5vr-xr53
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@493a029c205a994644327d554f0cfeb9651aba7c, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/493a029c205a994644327d554f0cfeb9651aba7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/535091c587268cc783608642838a655d828eefdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f53ece876e1f3bbb3e18f48afc4af1ee967b16c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1c5cf8903bec5476a2233b4e45287b9a2213e02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2243778a5fae8329ab5f18e7adcd7e03b911a1b7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90374 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90374 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xvmg-v5vr-xr53 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90374 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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