CVE-2026-98830

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98830",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:37.250",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:29.410",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: wfx: validate MIB read length before copying to caller\n\nwfx_hif_read_mib() copies reply->length bytes from the firmware\nresponse into the caller-provided buffer without checking that\nreply->length does not exceed val_len. A firmware response with\na length field larger than expected overruns the caller buffer and\nreads past the end of the reply allocation.\n\nReplace the dead -ENOMEM check with an active validation that\nreply->length fits within val_len before the memcpy."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/hif_tx.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff",
              "lessThan": "b8310b55e53622a393d14af4939f620c1828778b",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff",
              "lessThan": "819d4c1323e2a9b7329021d5367aa01add22b5dc",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff",
              "lessThan": "02886c18a340da59df57365f29009e1258bfe333",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff",
              "lessThan": "71d140099165de03128c00dd129f1eab21c6a3c4",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
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              "lessThan": "7acb36fd60a3e7b858f12e69a919c3609b281408",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff",
              "lessThan": "ce67ebe9d8629776ce38e6995ae72fb903c828db",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/hif_tx.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "5.5",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "5.5",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.1.191",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.6.160",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.12.113",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.18.56",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.2.10",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02886c18a340da59df57365f29009e1258bfe333",
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    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d140099165de03128c00dd129f1eab21c6a3c4",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7acb36fd60a3e7b858f12e69a919c3609b281408",
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    },
    {
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}