๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-43176

HIGH 8.8

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

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published May 6, 2026
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 < ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 < 3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 < 5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620
Linux / Linux
6.18

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620