High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2026· Updated May 11, 2026
CVE-2026-31779
CVE-2026-31779
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix potential out-of-bounds read in iwl_mvm_nd_match_info_handler()
The memcpy function assumes the dynamic array notif->matches is at least as large as the number of bytes to copy. Otherwise, results->matches may contain unwanted data. To guarantee safety, extend the validation in one of the checks to ensure sufficient packet length.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.1,<6.1.168
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/744fabc338e87b95c4d1ff7c95bc8c0f834c6d99nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca0e9491b98ca4c5b44204b0b3dd8062a3b5fba2nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd90880eb5ec5442b37eb2b95688f4a63f4883e3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67d8c626ace80b0fa2b48c8ec0a46b508c93442nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6abac936a0dfd31d6c3e49205ec0ee75a8f887fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffbed27ba15ef80d1c622eeedbfef03e501ae134nvdPatch
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