CVE-2026-68373

wifi: at76c50x-usb: avoid length underflow in at76_guess_freq()

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: at76c50x-usb: avoid length underflow in at76_guess_freq() at76_guess_freq() checks only that the received frame is at least a bare 802.11 header (24 bytes) before subtracting the fixed management-body offset: len -= el_off; For both beacon and probe response frames, el_off is 36. If the frame is shorter than el_off, subtracting it causes the calculated IE length to wrap. The length is eventually passed to cfg80211_find_elem_match() as a very large unsigned value, so the element walk runs beyond the RX skb. This path is reached from at76_rx_tasklet() while scanning. If the device delivers a truncated beacon or probe response, the oversized IE length causes an out-of-bounds read during scanning. Skip the IE lookup if the frame does not reach the variable elements, before subtracting el_off.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af2.6.30
Vendor states this is fixed in 4875680d1703f56afa6257ba30244f2fb44ed205 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 61a799ffd1e5a4fd3702d547828b7ff3d161468e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b406f33d234f98c8b310fdab5cbb492d85e98e49 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bcde7249d45f52f994a9872bedf45994472ade77 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cb831aff2f850f72bc5ff5ad77d0a70bb5a84061 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e165a1d295e7e814e13b0f92c86e5d48309509ce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f742d9c98b5c504fc9e6744eef13a721c2aea486 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fb1b50ab699211e777dca5ccfb648788b6a6e519 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.30 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-190

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