High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2026· Updated Oct 19, 2026
CVE-2026-80933
CVE-2026-80933
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7996: validate default EEPROM firmware size
The default EEPROM firmware is parsed and copied as a full EEPROM without checking its length. A truncated file can make the driver read beyond the firmware buffer during variant validation or the fallback copy.
Reject files shorter than MT7996_EEPROM_SIZE before parsing or copying the firmware.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
< 7.2.6-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.6-1.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.2.0, < 6.6.157
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/03b81f015dbb29807ce1ec6d45537d658abdac69nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/127a291f4c8069a4e71906938402cacfe24ee8cdnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/653c6e289b13cc6942f3e8f8e3c568e70fa42d1fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7074ec3769820302f1ccf8794a40a6582153b820nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bf67cc0871b13103c404b38e332b9d4403a0danvd
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