CVE-2026-97442
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Buffer Overflow in ath11k Wi-Fi Driver
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-97442, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-24
Last updated on: 2026-09-24
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath11k: fix invalid data access in ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap_nwifi
In certain cases, hardware might provide packets with a
length greater than the maximum native Wi-Fi header length.
This can lead to accessing and modifying fields in the header
within the ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap_nwifi() function for the
DP_RX_DECAP_TYPE_NATIVE_WIFI decap type and
potentially result in invalid data access and memory corruption.
Kernel stack is corrupted in: ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap+0x6b0/0x6b0 [ath11k]
Call trace:
ath11k_dp_rx_h_mpdu+0x0/0x2e8 [ath11k]
ath11k_dp_rx_h_mpdu+0x1e0/0x2e8 [ath11k]
ath11k_dp_rx_wbm_err+0x1e0/0x450 [ath11k]
ath11k_dp_rx_process_wbm_err+0x2fc/0x460 [ath11k]
ath11k_dp_service_srng+0x2e0/0x348 [ath11k]
Add a sanity check before processing the SKB to prevent invalid
data access in the undecap native Wi-Fi function for the
DP_RX_DECAP_TYPE_NATIVE_WIFI decap type.
This adapted from the discussion/patch of the ath12k driver [1].
Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-04685-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_IOE-1
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | to 2.11.0 (inc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
