CVE-2026-68471

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However,\nieee80211_mle_size_ok() only validates that octet for Basic, Probe\nRequest, and TDLS MLEs.\n\nReconfiguration MLEs also skipped the length octet when calculating the\nminimum common size, and Priority Access MLEs skipped validation of the\nadvertised common information length.\n\nAccount for the Reconfiguration common-info length octet and validate\nthe advertised common information length for all known MLE types. 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no victim interaction beyond having WiFi enabled.\nS:U - Impact is kernel heap out-of-bounds access within the WiFi stack on the victim host; it does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox security boundary to another authority.\nC:H - Inflated common_len makes ieee80211_mle_common_size() exceed the element buffer, causing for_each_element/cfg80211_defragment_element to read beyond the skb or kmalloc allocation, enabling unbounded kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - The length underflow and out-of-bounds element iteration constitute exploitable kernel memory corruption; subsequent defragmentation and nested ie parsing can leverage corrupted pointers for arbitrary write primitives.\nA:H - Out-of-bounds reads of unmapped or non-element memory during MLE sub-element iteration can trigger a kernel oops or panic, remotely denying service to any WiFi-enabled device in range."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/ieee80211-eht.h"], "versions": [{"version": "0f48b8b88aa9ed7b65d7cb55dbc57ec914ddada1", "lessThan": "bba41664af19b8a07d3d728855088ae80e47a4b3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0f48b8b88aa9ed7b65d7cb55dbc57ec914ddada1", "lessThan": "181b46e76a218e9345ed7c4cf59dfa69278e4a06", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0f48b8b88aa9ed7b65d7cb55dbc57ec914ddada1", "lessThan": "22941b5c5c46e61a7053e5f32f260f2bc39da617", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0f48b8b88aa9ed7b65d7cb55dbc57ec914ddada1", "lessThan": "90576bd6921a91eb038bffbb4b9467c2dc26aa1d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0f48b8b88aa9ed7b65d7cb55dbc57ec914ddada1", "lessThan": "2b1589fd9a076727a73bfb39e96622a76415ad32", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0f48b8b88aa9ed7b65d7cb55dbc57ec914ddada1", "lessThan": "293baeae9b2434a3e432629d7720b5603db2d77e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/ieee80211-eht.h"], "versions": [{"version": "6.0", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.191", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.114", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.191"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.0", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bba41664af19b8a07d3d728855088ae80e47a4b3"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181b46e76a218e9345ed7c4cf59dfa69278e4a06"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22941b5c5c46e61a7053e5f32f260f2bc39da617"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90576bd6921a91eb038bffbb4b9467c2dc26aa1d"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b1589fd9a076727a73bfb39e96622a76415ad32"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/293baeae9b2434a3e432629d7720b5603db2d77e"}], "title": "wifi: ieee80211: validate MLE common info length", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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