CVE-2026-43176

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE The commit 957eda596c76 ("wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report") does validation on existing chips, which somehow a release report of SKB becomes malformed. As no clear cause found, add rules ahead for RTL8922DE to avoid crash if it happens.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

19 Oct 2026, 20:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-20

Information

Published : 2026-05-06 12:16

Updated : 2026-10-19 20:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-43176

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43176

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43176

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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