Bug 2536656 (CVE-2026-90374)

Summary:	CVE-2026-90374 kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7996: validate RX band_idx before dereferencing phys[]
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	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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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mt76 wifi driver. This vulnerability occurs due to improper validation of the `band_idx` field, which is used to index an array. A malicious actor could provide a corrupt or reserved descriptor value, leading to an out-of-bounds access or a NULL pointer dereference. This could result in system instability or a denial of service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 19:03:05 UTC

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().

Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-09-22 09:40:56 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-90374.mbox