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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse() Currently, in… (CVE-2026-90399)

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High
Published: 09/17/2026 (09/17/2026, 18:32:04 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse() Currently, in ath12k_wmi_mac_phy_caps_parse(), kzalloc() sizes the mac_phy_caps buffer as tot_phy_id * len, where len is clamped to min(firmware_len, sizeof(struct ath12k_wmi_mac_phy_caps_params)). The subsequent memcpy() destination advances by sizeof(full struct) per slot via C pointer arithmetic, not by the clamped len. When firmware sends short TLVs, the second and later slots are written past the end of the allocation. The reader in ath12k_pull_mac_phy_cap_svc_ready_ext() also indexes the buffer with full-struct pointer arithmetic, so the allocation must match that stride. Fix by using kzalloc_objs(), which derives the element size from the pointer type, making allocation size and pointer stride provably consistent regardless of what len the firmware provides. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c7-00108-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ_UPSTREAM-3

CVSS v3.1

Score 8.4high

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
GHSA-2568-8wcm-qh64
Osv Schema Version
1.4.0
Aliases
["CVE-2026-90399"]
Database Specific Severity
HIGH
Cvss Version
3.1

Threat ID: 6aade51d55bf5e2cf5edc0ae

Added to database: 09/19/2026, 01:27:57 UTC

Last updated: 09/19/2026, 01:27:57 UTC

Views: 1

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