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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.1 High

CVE-2026-68402

wifi: cfg80211: bound element ID read when checking non-inheritance

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: bound element ID read when checking non-inheritance cfg80211_is_element_inherited() reads the first data octet of the candidate element (id = elem->data[0]) to look it up in an extension non-inheritance list. It does so after testing elem->id, but without verifying that the element actually has a data octet. A zero-length extension element (WLAN_EID_EXTENSION with length 0) therefore makes it read one octet past the end of the element. _ieee802_11_parse_elems_full() runs this check for every element of a frame once a non-inheritance context exists -- e.g. while parsing a per-STA profile of a Multi-Link element in a (re)association response, or a non-transmitted BSS profile -- so a crafted frame from an AP can trigger a one-octet slab-out-of-bounds read during element parsing: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in cfg80211_is_element_inherited Read of size 1 ... in net/wireless/scan.c Return early (treat the element as inherited) when an extension element carries no data, mirroring the existing handling of empty ID lists. The bug was found by fuzzing ieee802_11_parse_elems_full() under KASAN.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < 521dd5fe6d12b0d3c275f919738dc3a07117f4a5affected
  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < 24154c172246ae3f0e69bb17c9111095685ceedcaffected
  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < 2d31ebb26a14f103c9cdc5287fb20cb2d4bde901affected
  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < 20c308d9a57722801961f816395bf825f7bde6bcaffected
  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < 84bd907361c56fbd5523eceb2682cb39da059bd5affected
  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < 11ac7a5e75f5132f1778e0c60981d30dc29fb869affected
  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < ddf2773bcc8e49a43c561f22ec1e7924215d7947affected
  • f7dacfb11475ba777e1e84ccec2e14b0ba5a17a3 to < cb8afea4655ff004fa7feee825d5c79783525383affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.2affected
  • 0 to < 5.2unaffected
  • 5.10.265 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.216 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.183 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.148 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.101 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.42 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.6 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References