Bug 2555205 (CVE-2026-98828) - CVE-2026-98828 kernel: wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses
Summary: CVE-2026-98828 kernel: wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98828
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-18 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-23 20:43 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 16:01:48 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses

ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback() removes the validated WMI header and copies
the number of bytes expected by the waiting command into its response
buffer. A device response shorter than that expectation can therefore
be read beyond the skb payload.

Record -EMSGSIZE for a short response, complete the waiter, and return
the stored status from the command path. This also prevents callers from
consuming stale response bytes as a successful reply.


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