Bug 2540412 (CVE-2026-97442) - CVE-2026-97442 kernel: wifi: ath11k: fix invalid data access in ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap_nwifi
Summary: CVE-2026-97442 kernel: wifi: ath11k: fix invalid data access in ath11k_dp_rx_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97442
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-24 16:44 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 15:01 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 16:44:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath11k: fix invalid data access in ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap_nwifi

In certain cases, hardware might provide packets with a
length greater than the maximum native Wi-Fi header length.
This can lead to accessing and modifying fields in the header
within the ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap_nwifi() function for the
DP_RX_DECAP_TYPE_NATIVE_WIFI decap type and
potentially result in invalid data access and memory corruption.

Kernel stack is corrupted in: ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap+0x6b0/0x6b0 [ath11k]
Call trace:
 ath11k_dp_rx_h_mpdu+0x0/0x2e8 [ath11k]
 ath11k_dp_rx_h_mpdu+0x1e0/0x2e8 [ath11k]
 ath11k_dp_rx_wbm_err+0x1e0/0x450 [ath11k]
 ath11k_dp_rx_process_wbm_err+0x2fc/0x460 [ath11k]
 ath11k_dp_service_srng+0x2e0/0x348 [ath11k]

Add a sanity check before processing the SKB to prevent invalid
data access in the undecap native Wi-Fi function for the
DP_RX_DECAP_TYPE_NATIVE_WIFI decap type.

This adapted from the discussion/patch of the ath12k driver [1].

Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-04685-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_IOE-1


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