Bug 2513367 (CVE-2026-68353) - CVE-2026-68353 kernel: wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler
Summary: CVE-2026-68353 kernel: wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68353
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:33 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-26 13:00 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:33:28 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler

The firmware-controlled num_msg field (u8, 0-255) drives the loop in
ath6kl_wmi_tx_complete_event_rx() without validation against the buffer
length. This allows out-of-bounds reads of up to 1020 bytes past the
WMI event buffer when the firmware sends an inflated num_msg.

Add a check that the buffer is large enough to hold the fixed struct
and the num_msg variable-length entries.


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