Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2026· Updated Oct 3, 2026
CVE-2026-93803
CVE-2026-93803
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks
libipw_rx() reads skb->data[hdrlen + 3] to extract the WEP key index in both the software-decrypt key selection path and the hardware-decrypted IV/ICV strip path. In both places the existing guard only checks skb->len >= hdrlen + 3, which proves bytes up to hdrlen + 2 but not the byte at hdrlen + 3.
Require hdrlen + 4 bytes before reading that item in both paths. This is a local source-boundary check only; it does not change the key index semantics.
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7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/062840bdc9ee06169b3c371bf66711f1d7ec0bf4nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d4a1bc3a08bb0e19bdf250b9f575cfef0bae82nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b61c465ea62063593bc9ac186871b69e58ae991nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2836a870f612a8a6d9e390d00fa2cf6c90aa5808nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ed3669f26803b1761c1f55403062bea44c3466nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb18262c19feb690ddde58c70e3ad04bc6fe566envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c54b643e9a0936d038921c547736574fd7382ceanvd
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