Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware IE lengths in connect event The firmware-controlled beacon_ie_len, assoc_req_len, and assoc_resp_len fields in ath6kl_wmi_connect_event_rx() are not validated against the buffer length. Their sum (up to 765) can exceed the actual WMI event data, causing out-of-bounds reads during IE parsing and state corruption of wmi->is_wmm_enabled. Add a check that the total IE length fits within the buffer.
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c690f7c4c5b37108ac8c98b94ce1b3c655a4f5e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1eeed9efc9a40e0635e910c37fee86543041b4e1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/33b5342d2080657054ddf89ef1199b426a37dae8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b47b29730de3232b919d8362749f6814c5f2a33
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cae33e3e09a080db96e3a8980c2c8d288318320
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94e1bfcefe8264a207c2fda2febb954e70a34b42
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a38d7d6376b295245b53bc98b7ca682c027abaf7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d70c0a850c21b57a6f46ce363860203389bbeaa6
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.3
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 36 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-125
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