Bug 2559559 (CVE-2026-98887) - CVE-2026-98887 kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: reject undersized HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO
Summary: CVE-2026-98887 kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: reject undersized HWSIM_ATTR_TX_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98887
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 11:58 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-26 12:59 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 11:58:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211_hwsim: reject undersized HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO

hwsim_tx_info_frame_received_nl() casts the HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO payload
to a struct hwsim_tx_rate * and unconditionally reads
IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES entries (8 bytes) from it. The policy only bounds
the attribute from above (NLA_BINARY .len is a maximum) and the op sets
GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT, so a short or zero-length attribute is
accepted and the loop reads past the payload.

Require the exact length in the policy, so a malformed attribute is
rejected before the handler runs.


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