HighFix available
wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing If the firmware were to report three LMACs (which doesn't exist in hardware) then using "fwrt->smem_cfg.lmac[2]" is an overrun of the array. Reject such and use IWL_FW_CHECK instead of WARN_ON in this function.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.114, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 6.6.160
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-43172
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 6 May 2026, 11:27 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing If the firmware were to report three LMACs (which doesn't exist in hardware) then using "fwrt->smem_cfg.lmac[2]" is an overrun of the array. Reject such and use IWL_FW_CHECK instead of WARN_ON in this function.
osv:CVE-2026-43172
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.16, 6.19.6
Complete source record
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