Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel wilc1000 P2P public action frames
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
The Linux kernel wilc1000 Wi-Fi driver reads past the end of P2P public action frames in its receive and transmit paths, because it checks only the length of the action category field before parsing the P2P header. A frame of 25 to 31 bytes passes the check but is shorter than the header, so the unsigned length calculation underflows and the vendor element search walks through unmapped memory. A nearby unauthenticated device can crash the host while the host is in P2P listen mode.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix out-of-bounds read in P2P public action frames wilc_wfi_p2p_rx() and mgmt_tx() start parsing a frame once ieee80211_is_public_action() returns true. That helper only verifies the frame is long enough for the action category field, that is offsetofend(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.action.category), 25 bytes. Both functions then read the P2P public action header up to oui_subtype at offset 30 and pass "size - ie_offset" to cfg80211_find_vendor_ie(), where ie_offset is offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u) + sizeof(*d), i.e. 32. A public action frame of 25 to 31 bytes passes the check but is shorter than that 32 byte header, so oui_subtype can be read out of bounds, and because the length is unsigned, "size - ie_offset" underflows to a value close to 4 GiB. cfg80211_find_vendor_ie() takes an unsigned int length, so even the size_t subtraction in mgmt_tx() is truncated to the same value. It then walks far past the buffer searching for a vendor element until it reaches unmapped memory. In the receive path the frame arrives over the air and needs no association, so a nearby unauthenticated device can crash the host while it is in P2P listen. Reject frames shorter than the P2P public action header in both paths before dereferencing it.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Update the Linux kernel to version 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8 or 7.3, or to a later release that includes the fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 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
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98190
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-hpwv-qhmc-p3v4
- 2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98ad9f4c59f2e836f8d971b57763a4277680422
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0c46f8111a479b97b8ab17747c528cade6257f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5b827dad8a3037cef04d0240d1c2acb1557101e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/491df93b10d76aebaf6aa4bb05a6ba897f4fccfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc2ee642ebeac8699b671ddb6d5955a785e5ff43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68b786691ce24c5c94e28811db243e573c50f9c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fbe76eb2796d2aee45cc6a2dd16e85d3cc96304
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6cb7c0868a412c2eb68e8efd5aa38bfb258a14
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98190 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98190 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hpwv-qhmc-p3v4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98190 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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