CVE-2026-90408

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath12k: fix overreads in ath12k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event()

There is no policy entry for WMI_TAG_PDEV_CSA_SWITCH_COUNT_STATUS_EVENT, so the parse infrastructure does not enforce a minimum length for the event struct. Additionally, the num_vdevs field is taken directly from firmware and used as a loop bound over the vdev_ids array without checking that it fits within the TLV payload. Either condition can cause an out-of-bounds read.

Add a TLV policy entry for WMI_TAG_PDEV_CSA_SWITCH_COUNT_STATUS_EVENT so the parse infrastructure enforces a minimum length for the fixed-size event struct. Add a helper ath12k_wmi_tlv_data_len() to recover the payload length of a parsed TLV from the header preceding its data pointer. Use it in ath12k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event() to bound num_vdevs before the loop.

Compile tested only.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxd889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 < bf97c9d5123859a07848462539153176db029f3aaffected
LinuxLinuxd889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 < 878654eb78c6aa0ff585baf1376567c775ca28ecaffected
LinuxLinux6.3affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.3unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2.6 <= 7.2.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.3-rc1 <= *unaffected

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