Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix a memory corruption iwl_fw_ini_trigger_tlv::data is a pointer to a __le32, which means that if we copy to iwl_fw_ini_trigger_tlv::data + offset while offset is in bytes, we'll write past the buffer.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/05dd9facfb9a1e056752c0901c6e86416037d15a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/870171899d75d43e3d14360f3a4850e90a9c289b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/99a23462fe1a6f709f0fda3ebbe8b6b193ac75bd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa2cc9363926991ba74411e3aa0a0ea82c1ffe32 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf4a0d840ecc72fcf16198d5e9c505ab7d5a5e4d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f32a81999d0b8e5ce60afb5f6a3dd7241c17dd67 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/05dd9facfb9a1e056752c0901c6e86416037d15a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/870171899d75d43e3d14360f3a4850e90a9c289b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/99a23462fe1a6f709f0fda3ebbe8b6b193ac75bd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa2cc9363926991ba74411e3aa0a0ea82c1ffe32 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 24 · as of 5 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
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