Bug 2513348 (CVE-2026-68349)

Summary: CVE-2026-68349 kernel: wifi: carl9170: fix buffer overflow in rx_stream failover path
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, specifically within the `carl9170` Wi-Fi driver. This vulnerability is a buffer overflow that occurs in the `rx_stream` failover path. When processing certain USB transfers, the driver attempts to copy more data than its allocated buffer can hold. This can lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:32:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: carl9170: fix buffer overflow in rx_stream failover path

The failover continuation in carl9170_rx_stream() copies the full tlen
from the second USB transfer instead of capping at rx_failover_missing
bytes. When both transfers are near maximum size, the total exceeds the
65535-byte failover SKB, triggering skb_over_panic.

Limit the copy size to the missing byte count.

[Fix checkpatch CHECK:PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT]