Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()

The KASAN allocation trace shows that a malformed IE buffer is
stored via SIOCSIWGENIE (cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()) without any
validation. The crash trace shows that a subsequent SIOCSIWESSID
triggers a connection attempt which calls cfg80211_sme_get_conn_ies()
to process the stored IE buffer, causing:

- An out-of-bounds read in skip_ie() which reads ies[pos+1]
(the length byte) past the end of the 1-byte buffer.

- An integer underflow in the memcpy size argument when offs
returned by ieee80211_ie_split() exceeds ies_len, causing
unsigned subtraction to wrap to SIZE_MAX and triggering a
fortify panic.

Fix this by validating the IE buffer in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()
before storing it.

[drop unnecessary ie_len check, update commit message]
Published: 2026-09-24
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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie() The KASAN allocation trace shows that a malformed IE buffer is stored via SIOCSIWGENIE (cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()) without any validation. The crash trace shows that a subsequent SIOCSIWESSID triggers a connection attempt which calls cfg80211_sme_get_conn_ies() to process the stored IE buffer, causing: - An out-of-bounds read in skip_ie() which reads ies[pos+1] (the length byte) past the end of the 1-byte buffer. - An integer underflow in the memcpy size argument when offs returned by ieee80211_ie_split() exceeds ies_len, causing unsigned subtraction to wrap to SIZE_MAX and triggering a fortify panic. Fix this by validating the IE buffer in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie() before storing it. [drop unnecessary ie_len check, update commit message]
Title wifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-24T16:02:18.067Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T17:59:28.788Z

Link: CVE-2026-93784

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:11.017

Modified: 2026-09-24T17:17:11.017

Link: CVE-2026-93784

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Updated: 2026-09-24T19:45:17Z

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