CVE-2026-98887Published

wifi: mac80211_hwsim: reject undersized HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO

Exact source revision recorded 23 Oct 2026 16:01:20 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-98887

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: reject undersized HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO hwsim_tx_info_frame_received_nl() casts the HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO payload to a struct hwsim_tx_rate * and unconditionally reads IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES entries (8 bytes) from it. The policy only bounds the attribute from above (NLA_BINARY .len is a maximum) and the op sets GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT, so a short or zero-length attribute is accepted and the loop reads past the payload. Require the exact length in the policy, so a malformed attribute is rejected before the handler runs.

Source published: 23 Oct 2026 11:37:44 UTC
Source modified: 23 Oct 2026 11:37:44 UTC
Observed here: 23 Oct 2026 16:01:20 UTC
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