Bug 2559548 (CVE-2026-98890) - CVE-2026-98890 kernel: wifi: libertas: reject short monitor TX frames
Summary: CVE-2026-98890 kernel: wifi: libertas: reject short monitor TX frames
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98890
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-23 11:53 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-26 13:30 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 11:53:36 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: libertas: reject short monitor TX frames

In monitor mode, lbs_hard_start_xmit() casts skb->data to a
radiotap TX header, skips that header, and then copies the 802.11
destination address from offset 4 in the remaining frame.  The
generic length check only rejects zero-length and oversized skbs, so
a short monitor frame can be read past the end of the skb data.

Require enough bytes for the radiotap TX header and the destination
address field before using the monitor-mode header layout.


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