CVE-2026-46271

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: do WoW offloads only on primary link In case of multi-link connection, WCN7850 firmware crashes due to WoW offloads enabled on both primary and secondary links. Change to do it only on primary link to fix it. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00284-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7379837c3f9efa576dc2d716ebfaa3a113b3112f	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e042da1085d9f1686c58a4378d5840f52a36598e	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e62102ac9b773bdb08475aa9ca24dea61ae98708	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

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Information

Published : 2026-06-03 18:16

Updated : 2026-07-22 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-46271

Mitre link : CVE-2026-46271

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-46271

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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