CVE-2026-90408

CVE-2026-90408

High · published September 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00190 · 8.3th percentile
Published
2026-09-17T21:17Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 SEP 03:55Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 17 SEP 16:09Z
    wifi: ath12k: fix overreads in ath12k_wmi_process_csa_switch_count_event()
    cvelistv5