Bug 2546388 (CVE-2026-98185) - CVE-2026-98185 kernel: wifi: mwifiex: validate scan response extents
Summary: CVE-2026-98185 kernel: wifi: mwifiex: validate scan response extents
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98185
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-10-06 09:11 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-08 14:57 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-06 09:11:58 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mwifiex: validate scan response extents

mwifiex_ret_802_11_scan() subtracts the fixed response fields and the
firmware-provided BSS length from resp->size without first proving that
either extent fits. A short response or oversized BSS length can
therefore underflow tlv_buf_size and make the TLV parser walk beyond the
command response.

Compute the fixed extent from the selected normal or background scan
response. Validate that the fixed fields and BSS data fit before deriving
the TLV extent and entering the parser.


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