CVE-2026-93803

wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks

N/A
Published: September 24, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Updated: October 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

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

2.6.14 ≤ v < 5.10.2712.6.14 ≤ v < 5.15.2222.6.14 ≤ v < 6.1.1892.6.14 ≤ v < 6.12.1112.6.14 ≤ v < 6.18.532.6.14 ≤ v < 6.6.1582.6.14 ≤ v < 7.22.6.14b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579
Vendor states this is fixed in 062840bdc9ee06169b3c371bf66711f1d7ec0bf4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 09d4a1bc3a08bb0e19bdf250b9f575cfef0bae82 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0b61c465ea62063593bc9ac186871b69e58ae991 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2836a870f612a8a6d9e390d00fa2cf6c90aa5808 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 74ed3669f26803b1761c1f55403062bea44c3466 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bb18262c19feb690ddde58c70e3ad04bc6fe566e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c54b643e9a0936d038921c547736574fd7382cea (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.271 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.222 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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