CVE-2026-92498

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers The following WMI event handlers currently read from the event buffer without first verifying that the message was large enough to hold the expected event: ath6kl_wmi_scan_complete_rx() ath6kl_wmi_addba_req_event_rx() ath6kl_wmi_delba_req_event_rx() Add length checks to prevent overread.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144fe0b0fa8f311ebe29ef16c8239bf6a24addc0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f3635213ecf52ff943f01645f895cb39db8f0dc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41159d392c3adedc093a8d80521037b72350f606
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2de3fb4f83a525e95a86a683f0ff105b9b5785b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abda58f4529d7eebb6ef82e2d266dabc17507faa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1d2ac5f5b1609a05c455d0aed12904b0985530d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2a77682f9f984bc9a45a00b7d1aa198503c2fe
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f57314aade9d74d30f3360ec5ef85a83654748be

Configurations

No configuration.

History

17 Sep 2026, 17:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-17 17:17

Updated : 2026-09-17 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-92498

Mitre link : CVE-2026-92498

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-92498

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

No CWE.

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