{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-93793", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-18T17:59:28.789Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-24T16:02:26.708Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:52:36.442Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:52:36.442Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate TX_CMD response layout\n\nTX_CMD parsing uses frame_count to walk status entries and then\nread the trailing SCD SSN. Make the minimum-length check follow\nthat exact runtime layout calculation before parsing the payload.\n\nFor new TX API, reject TX_CMD responses with frame_count != 1 and\nwarn/return in the aggregation handler to document that aggregated\naccounting is expected via BA notifications." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:A - The malformed input is a firmware TX_CMD (REPLY_TX 0x1c) notification DMA'd from the Intel WiFi NIC: iwl_pcie_rx_handle() → iwl_op_mode_rx() → iwl_mvm_rx()/iwl_mvm_rx_mq() → iwl_mvm_rx_common() → RX_HANDLER(TX_CMD, iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd). Those bytes are not a routable IP payload; WiFi host-device range is Adjacent.\nAC:L - iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd() is RX_HANDLER_SYNC; a single TX_CMD whose firmware-chosen frame_count makes iwl_mvm_tx_resp_min_len() exceed iwl_rx_packet_payload_len() (or frame_count!=1 on the new TX API) is parsed immediately, with no race or victim state the sender cannot induce by posting that notification.\nPR:N - iwl_mvm_rx_common() only checks pkt_len against sizeof(struct iwl_tx_resp) then calls iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd() with no uid, capability, or 802.11 authentication check; TX_CMD is in no_reclaim_cmds as a ucode-originated notif. An RF-adjacent attacker needs no host account.\nUI:N - The NAPI path consumes TX_CMD automatically when firmware posts a TX completion while the interface is up; iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd() does not require the victim to mount, open a file, or take any extra action at trigger time.\nS:U - iwl_mvm_get_scd_ssn() and iwl_trans_reclaim() from iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd_single() operate on host iwlwifi RX pages and TX queues inside the same kernel authority; this is not a KVM/Xen escape or an IOMMU/DMA-boundary bypass.\nC:H - iwl_mvm_get_scd_ssn() does le32_to_cpup((__le32 *)agg_status + frame_count) with no payload check, and iwl_mvm_rx_tx_cmd_agg_dbg() walks status[frame_count] (u8, up to 255 entries). That is an out-of-bounds read past the TX_CMD into the RX page, and a poisoned SSN into iwl_trans_reclaim() is UAF-class.\nI:H - The over-read SCD SSN is passed to iwl_trans_reclaim()/iwl_pcie_reclaim(), which unmaps TFDs, NULLs txq->entries[].skb, and advances txq->read_ptr, completing in-flight TX buffers early. That is an out-of-bounds-fed free/write of live TX objects, not a bounded status update.\nA:H - iwl_pcie_reclaim() WARNs on a missing skb or cmd-queue txq_id, and an SSN whose last_to_free is not in iwl_txq_used() desynchronizes the TX ring; walking status[frame_count] past the mapped RX buffer can oops. Kernel WARN/oops or a firmware-assert restart is high availability impact." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "8ca151b568b67a7b72dcfc6ee6ea7c107ddd795c", "lessThan": "5e871c03506c529d5fe372d099c1ad1465c7bc38", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8ca151b568b67a7b72dcfc6ee6ea7c107ddd795c", "lessThan": "fc14f5fe8a4374ed1088cfbddc1dae4d16c9935b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8ca151b568b67a7b72dcfc6ee6ea7c107ddd795c", "lessThan": "4d942dfc13aec393e003ab28ff58db744c26e6eb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8ca151b568b67a7b72dcfc6ee6ea7c107ddd795c", "lessThan": "8d70881707b47353359df57df12f6de67fdacdd2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "3.9", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "3.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.111", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.53", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.111" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.53" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.9", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e871c03506c529d5fe372d099c1ad1465c7bc38" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc14f5fe8a4374ed1088cfbddc1dae4d16c9935b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d942dfc13aec393e003ab28ff58db744c26e6eb" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d70881707b47353359df57df12f6de67fdacdd2" } ], "title": "wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate TX_CMD response layout", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }