CVE-2026-90398

wifi: ath11k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse()

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:09 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse() Currently, in ath11k_wmi_tlv_mac_phy_caps_parse(), kcalloc() sizes the mac_phy_caps buffer as tot_phy_id * len, where len is clamped to min(firmware_len, sizeof(struct wmi_mac_phy_capabilities)). The subsequent memcpy() destination advances by sizeof(full struct) per slot via C pointer arithmetic, not by the clamped len. When firmware sends short TLVs, the second and later slots are written past the end of the allocation. The reader in ath11k_pull_mac_phy_cap_svc_ready_ext() also indexes the buffer with full-struct pointer arithmetic, so the allocation must match that stride. Fix by using kzalloc_objs(), which derives the element size from the pointer type, making allocation size and pointer stride provably consistent regardless of what len the firmware provides. Compile tested only.

Affected

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

5.65b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd
Vendor states this is fixed in 75185e2b214e842b7e0af29e5d1fef155662b8b1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7a246c72132eb943b5844ba79dad597b47429dba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in acff2713c3212ade15051e7b421f15c89927e70f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bbb3b3334a9ed850c5b332eedea107796e691237 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.4HIGHLinux
Vector?

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