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wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers The following WMI event handlers currently read from the event buffer without first verifying that the message was large enough to hold the expected event: ath6kl_wmi_scan_complete_rx() ath6kl_wmi_addba_req_event_rx() ath6kl_wmi_delba_req_event_rx() Add length checks to prevent overread.

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CVE-2026-92498

Primary source · Revision 1

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-92498

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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]
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CVE-2026-92498

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