Bug 2516679 (CVE-2026-72003) - CVE-2026-72003 kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: fix heap overflow on a short auth frame
Summary: CVE-2026-72003 kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: fix heap overflow on a short auth...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72003
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:25 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-05 07:57 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:68570 0 None None None 2026-09-17 12:16:32 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:25:27 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: fix heap overflow on a short auth frame

brcmf_notify_auth_frame_rx() takes the frame length from the firmware
event and copies the frame body with the management header offset
subtracted:

	u32 mgmt_frame_len = e->datalen - sizeof(struct brcmf_rx_mgmt_data);
	...
	memcpy(&mgmt_frame->u, frame,
	       mgmt_frame_len - offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u));

The only length check is e->datalen >= sizeof(*rxframe), so mgmt_frame_len
can be anything from 0 up. offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u) is 24. When
mgmt_frame_len is below that, the subtraction wraps as an unsigned value to
a huge length. The memcpy then runs far past the kzalloc'd buffer. A
malicious or malfunctioning AP can make the frame short during the
external SAE auth exchange, so this is a remotely triggered heap overflow.

Reject frames shorter than the management header offset before the copy.

Comment 5 Jon Orris 2026-09-17 12:16:32 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:68570 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68570


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