Skip to content
Heist/ feed
Back to feed
HighFix available

wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE The commit 957eda596c76 ("wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report") does validation on existing chips, which somehow a release report of SKB becomes malformed. As no clear cause found, add rules ahead for RTL8922DE to avoid crash if it happens.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.16, 6.19.6
CVEs
CVE-2026-43176
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 13:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 May 2026, 11:27 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE The commit 957eda596c76 ("wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report") does validation on existing chips, which somehow a release report of SKB becomes malformed. As no clear cause found, add rules ahead for RTL8922DE to avoid crash if it happens.

osv:CVE-2026-43176

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.16, 6.19.6

Complete source record
{
  "id": "8f7c1da9bdf69d7ea9a10d5f375106cf2b98c5b778a654a6916debf7f2a733be",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-43176",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE The commit 957eda596c76 (\"wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report\") does validation on existing chips, which somehow a release report of SKB becomes malformed. As no clear cause found, add rules ahead for RTL8922DE to avoid crash if it happens.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-43176",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "Kernel",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.18.16",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "6.19.6",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-43176",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-43176"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43176.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "6.18.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.18.16"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "6.19.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.19.6"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "Kernel",
            "ecosystem": "Linux"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43176.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:35.507950353Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3",
        "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620",
        "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43176.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43176",
        "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "Linux",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43176.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-43176",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 502967,
  "published_at": "2026-05-06T11:27:50.15+00:00"
}