CVE-2026-46092
MEDIUMwifi: rtw88: check for PCI upstream bridge existence
Title source: cnaDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: check for PCI upstream bridge existence pci_upstream_bridge() returns NULL if the device is on a root bus. If 8821CE is installed in the system with such a PCI topology, the probing routine will crash. This has probably been unnoticed as 8821CE is mostly supplied in laptops where there is a PCI-to-PCI bridge located upstream from the device. However the card might be installed on a system with different configuration. Check if the bridge does exist for the specific workaround to be applied. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace static analysis tool.
References (1)
Core 1
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
2.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux
< 5.17
Linux/Linux
24f5e38a13b5ae2b6105cda8bb47c19108e62a9a - eb101d2abdcccb514ca4fccd3b278dd8267374f6
Linux/Linux
5.15.17 - 5.16
Linux/Linux
5.16.3 - 5.17
Linux/Linux
5.17
Linux/Linux
617339466fda09916c4b4151fa5e6a9c1fdae353
Linux/Linux
7.1
Linux/Linux
7.1-rc1
Linux/Linux
f21e8cb927fa9da49490b74ddda3856a828b82d6
linux/linux_kernel
5.15.17 - 5.16
Published
May 27, 2026
Tracked Since
May 27, 2026