wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks
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: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks libipw_rx() reads skb->data[hdrlen + 3] to extract the WEP key index in both the software-decrypt key selection path and the hardware-decrypted IV/ICV strip path. In both places the existing guard only checks skb->len >= hdrlen + 3, which proves bytes up to hdrlen + 2 but not the byte at hdrlen + 3. Require hdrlen + 4 bytes before reading that item in both paths. This is a local source-boundary check only; it does not change the key index semantics.
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 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
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-2026-93803
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f2h-763g-25cr
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@09d4a1bc3a08bb0e19bdf250b9f575cfef0bae82, Linux/Linux@0b61c465ea62063593bc9ac186871b69e58ae991, Linux/Linux@2836a870f612a8a6d9e390d00fa2cf6c90aa5808 +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb18262c19feb690ddde58c70e3ad04bc6fe566e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d4a1bc3a08bb0e19bdf250b9f575cfef0bae82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2836a870f612a8a6d9e390d00fa2cf6c90aa5808
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b61c465ea62063593bc9ac186871b69e58ae991
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/062840bdc9ee06169b3c371bf66711f1d7ec0bf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c54b643e9a0936d038921c547736574fd7382cea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ed3669f26803b1761c1f55403062bea44c3466
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93803 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93803 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7f2h-763g-25cr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93803 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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