Bug 2493718 (CVE-2026-53317) - CVE-2026-53317 kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7921: Place upper limit on station AID
Summary: CVE-2026-53317 kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7921: Place upper limit on station AID
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53317
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-06-26 21:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-29 10:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-26 21:02:52 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7921: Place upper limit on station AID

Any station configured with an AID over 20 causes a firmware crash.
This situation occurred in our testing using an AP interface on 7922
hardware, with a modified hostapd, sourced from Mediatek's OpenWRT
feeds.

In stock hostapd, station AIDs begin counting at 1, and this
configuration is prevented with an upper limit on associated stations.
However, the modified hostapd began allocation at 65, which caused the
firmware to crash. This fix does not allow these AIDs to work, but will
prevent the firmware crash.

This crash was only seen on IFTYPE_AP interfaces, and the fix does not
appear to have an effect on IFTYPE_STATION behavior.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-29 10:00:16 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062622-CVE-2026-53317-fdf2@gregkh/T


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