CVE-2026-43172

HIGH

wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing If the firmware were to report three LMACs (which doesn't exist in hardware) then using "fwrt->smem_cfg.lmac[2]" is an overrun of the array. Reject such and use IWL_FW_CHECK instead of WARN_ON in this function.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 7.2%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 5.8
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 1d49a42717bdc8de77eabeb5b7d3e88d141ffea9
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2b4b1510aaaf5b9fb57327ecffc20c055f61f205
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 58192b9ce09b0f0f86e2036683bd542130b91a98
Linux/Linux 5.8
Linux/Linux 6.18.16 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.6 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424 - 1d49a42717bdc8de77eabeb5b7d3e88d141ffea9
Linux/Linux ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424 - 2b4b1510aaaf5b9fb57327ecffc20c055f61f205
... and 2 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026