FKIE_CVE-2026-93784

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-24 17:17 - Updated: 2026-09-25 13:17
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie() The KASAN allocation trace shows that a malformed IE buffer is stored via SIOCSIWGENIE (cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()) without any validation. The crash trace shows that a subsequent SIOCSIWESSID triggers a connection attempt which calls cfg80211_sme_get_conn_ies() to process the stored IE buffer, causing: - An out-of-bounds read in skip_ie() which reads ies[pos+1] (the length byte) past the end of the 1-byte buffer. - An integer underflow in the memcpy size argument when offs returned by ieee80211_ie_split() exceeds ies_len, causing unsigned subtraction to wrap to SIZE_MAX and triggering a fortify panic. Fix this by validating the IE buffer in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie() before storing it. [drop unnecessary ie_len check, update commit message]
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01cc395cecfaa73134d39fb9a401d9605d8bb2c5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2f5286ca4f304d3fd469f01b96b518608912a5c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c970879e03b23a27df42caf7ba506485a165fb96
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  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()\n\nThe KASAN allocation trace shows that a malformed IE buffer is\nstored via SIOCSIWGENIE (cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()) without any\nvalidation. The crash trace shows that a subsequent SIOCSIWESSID\ntriggers a connection attempt which calls cfg80211_sme_get_conn_ies()\nto process the stored IE buffer, causing:\n\n - An out-of-bounds read in skip_ie() which reads ies[pos+1]\n   (the length byte) past the end of the 1-byte buffer.\n\n - An integer underflow in the memcpy size argument when offs\n   returned by ieee80211_ie_split() exceeds ies_len, causing\n   unsigned subtraction to wrap to SIZE_MAX and triggering a\n   fortify panic.\n\nFix this by validating the IE buffer in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()\nbefore storing it.\n\n[drop unnecessary ie_len check, update commit message]"
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-93784",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-25T13:17:18.943",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-24T17:17:11.017",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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