Bug 2536365 (CVE-2026-92496) - CVE-2026-92496 kernel: wifi: ath11k: Avoid buffer overread in ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx()
Summary: CVE-2026-92496 kernel: wifi: ath11k: Avoid buffer overread in ath11k_wmi_tlv_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-92496
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:34 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 11:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:34:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath11k: Avoid buffer overread in ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx()

Currently, in ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx(), the firmware buffer is read
without first verifying that the buffer has enough data to hold a
header. This could result in a buffer overread.

Add an upfront length check before dereferencing skb->data as a
wmi_cmd_hdr. The check is placed before the trace_ath11k_wmi_event()
call to preserve the existing trace semantics (tracing the full raw
WMI event including the header), unlike the analogous ath12k fix which
could use skb_pull_data() directly.

Compile tested only.


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