Bug 2540414 (CVE-2026-93803) - CVE-2026-93803 kernel: wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks
Summary: CVE-2026-93803 kernel: wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93803
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-24 16:44 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 04:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 16:44:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks

libipw_rx() reads skb->data[hdrlen + 3] to extract the WEP key index in
both the software-decrypt key selection path and the hardware-decrypted
IV/ICV strip path. In both places the existing guard only checks
skb->len >= hdrlen + 3, which proves bytes up to hdrlen + 2 but not the
byte at hdrlen + 3.

Require hdrlen + 4 bytes before reading that item in both paths. This is
a local source-boundary check only; it does not change the key index
semantics.


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