wifi: ath11k: fix overreads in ath11k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · 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: ath11k: fix overreads in ath11k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event() There is no policy entry for WMI_TAG_PDEV_CSA_SWITCH_COUNT_STATUS_EVENT, so the parse infrastructure does not enforce a minimum length for the event struct. Additionally, the num_vdevs field is taken directly from firmware and used as a loop bound over the vdev_ids array without checking that it fits within the TLV payload. Either condition can cause an out-of-bounds read. Add a TLV policy entry for WMI_TAG_PDEV_CSA_SWITCH_COUNT_STATUS_EVENT so the parse infrastructure enforces a minimum length for the fixed-size event struct. Add a helper ath11k_wmi_tlv_data_len() to recover the payload length of a parsed TLV from the header preceding its data pointer. Use it in ath11k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event() to bound num_vdevs before the loop. Compile tested only.
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 6.1.191, 6.6.157, 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 →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | 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 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90407
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hhm8-7qmw-pmj8
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@57e77a6d900e5bc6e73ccd3ee1ba3bce834c9dde, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57e77a6d900e5bc6e73ccd3ee1ba3bce834c9dde
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f760b7d7e43584d2fa9bffcec1a04e502609f827
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6625dc5f1fe42cd81b8c57a1f5317afb9b410ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0364926fb4bfb5b798e5fe2785b3023b4f767327
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de2b8c53714ad58f2fda118cd29ebbe31b38665
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/208d7fdb85976a737a715b81d54efaff6703880c
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90407 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90407 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hhm8-7qmw-pmj8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90407 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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