Bug 2513473 (CVE-2026-68411) - CVE-2026-68411 kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put
Summary: CVE-2026-68411 kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before sk...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68411
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:39 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-11 09:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:39:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put

hwsim_virtio_rx_work() passes the virtqueue used-ring length reported by
the device straight to skb_put() on a fixed-size receive skb. A backend
reporting a length larger than the skb tailroom drives skb_put() past the
buffer end and hits skb_over_panic() -- a host-triggerable guest panic
(denial of service).

Clamp the length to the skb's available room before skb_put(). A
conforming device never reports more than the posted buffer size, so valid
frames are unaffected; a truncated over-report then fails the
length/header checks in hwsim_virtio_handle_cmd() and is dropped, so
truncating rather than dropping here cannot be turned into a parsing
problem.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-11 08:18:07 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081050-CVE-2026-68411-8001@gregkh/T


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