CVE-2026-80937: Linux kernel · wifi: mt76: mt7915: bound the device EEPROM address before the EFUSE copy
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High · fixed in d6774f6af3711143a93281904a928a78652c8b7e : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 27% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in d6774f6af3711143a93281904a928a78652c8b7e, 394e8cb56fc732d71041599cdb4e01f82cfd11c5, 44b5adfe49499f53002737f5fe81d608c08122fc +2
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: bound the device EEPROM address before the EFUSE copy mt7915_mcu_get_eeprom() copies a fixed EFUSE block into the driver's dev->mt76.eeprom.data buffer at the offset reported by the MCU response (res->addr, a device-controlled __le32) without checking it against the buffer size. A malicious or malfunctioning device can report an arbitrary address and drive a 16-byte out-of-bounds write past eeprom.data. Reject a response whose address would place the copy outside eeprom.data before deriving the destination pointer. Devices that echo the requested in-bounds offset are unaffected.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6774f6af3711143a93281904a928a78652c8b7e (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/394e8cb56fc732d71041599cdb4e01f82cfd11c5 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fdaf7016d7684ef756a229fd5d96b4a140eeb40 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f48b0d752a76590e2c613aae5345c2474627d1b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/44b5adfe49499f53002737f5fe81d608c08122fc (opens in a new tab)