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CVE-2026-98828

wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback() removes the validated WMI header and copies the number of bytes expected by the waiting command into its response buffer. A device response shorter than that expectation can therefore be read beyond the skb payload. Record -EMSGSIZE for a short response, complete the waiter, and return the stored status from the command path. This also prevents callers from consuming stale response bytes as a successful reply.

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

  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to < 03ef61d05aa26022327f971b790f07e6bf6e35d6affected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to < e0c21130c1c7791ba73b19a3a9ea767c8cd43745affected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to < a3b0137c855a61371d9cf9993b8bcc33c9798202affected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to < 93ce8ea70451e800601bc9444aa33043de15d67baffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.35affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.35unaffected
  • 6.12.113 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.56 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.10 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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