CVE-2026-98830: wifi: wfx: validate MIB read length before copying to caller

Published Oct 18, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: wfx: validate MIB read length before copying to caller

wfxhifreadmib() copies reply->length bytes from the firmware response into the caller-provided buffer without checking that reply->length does not exceed vallen. A firmware response with a length field larger than expected overruns the caller buffer and reads past the end of the reply allocation.

Replace the dead -ENOMEM check with an active validation that reply->length fits within vallen before the memcpy.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Oct 18, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:49 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:49 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:17 PM
Description

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