Bug 2560232 - CVE-2026-115698 iwd: mde_equal() compares its first argument to itself [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-115698 iwd: mde_equal() compares its first argument to itself [fedor...
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: iwd
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
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Assignee: Peter Robinson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["62dec0e9-3ffc-4d8e-a931-e...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-115698
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Reported: 2026-10-23 22:06 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2026-10-23 22:06 UTC (History)
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2026-10-23 22:06:44 UTC
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mde_equal() compares its first argument to itself
   CWE-697.  CVSS 3.1: 3.1 Low
   CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
   src/ft.c:385
   Introduced 1.14, commit 2c0234e1

     return memcmp(mde1, mde1, mde1[1] + 2) == 0;

   mde2 is never read, so the check always passes.  Its only caller is
   ft_parse_ies() (ft.c:667), where it should confirm the target AP echoed
   the Mobility Domain element the station sent on the 802.11r FT
   Authentication Response and FT-over-DS paths.  Not an authentication
   bypass - __ft_rx_associate() compares correctly at ft.c:496 and the FTE
   MIC there is keyed on PMK-R1 - but a response carrying an arbitrary
   mobility domain ID and FT capability flags passes the authentication
   stage into FTE parsing and key derivation.  Finding 4 sits on that path,
   one call later.


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