Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2026
CVE-2026-68353
CVE-2026-68353
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler
The firmware-controlled num_msg field (u8, 0-255) drives the loop in ath6kl_wmi_tx_complete_event_rx() without validation against the buffer length. This allows out-of-bounds reads of up to 1020 bytes past the WMI event buffer when the firmware sends an inflated num_msg.
Add a check that the buffer is large enough to hold the fixed struct and the num_msg variable-length entries.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/289edc3c71344b89e6522891147cfb8f61b088bbnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a21c89215cc18f1a97c5e5bfd1da6d4f3d44495nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/69ac7ba3a3df6654e7daa82674575a8c4a1a63eanvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38b0d5c661951b5dd082bdf31f8a57a0ce6e540nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb636fbc443149b3501c3f97e26225ddcb314a0fnvd
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