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CVE-2026-93803

UNKNOWN 0.0

wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libipw: fix key index receive bound checks libipw_rx() reads skb->data[hdrlen + 3] to extract the WEP key index in both the software-decrypt key selection path and the hardware-decrypted IV/ICV strip path. In both places the existing guard only checks skb->len >= hdrlen + 3, which proves bytes up to hdrlen + 2 but not the byte at hdrlen + 3. Require hdrlen + 4 bytes before reading that item in both paths. This is a local source-boundary check only; it does not change the key index semantics.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Sep 24, 2026
Last Updated Oct 3, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 < bb18262c19feb690ddde58c70e3ad04bc6fe566e b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 < 09d4a1bc3a08bb0e19bdf250b9f575cfef0bae82 b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 < 2836a870f612a8a6d9e390d00fa2cf6c90aa5808 b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 < 0b61c465ea62063593bc9ac186871b69e58ae991 b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 < 062840bdc9ee06169b3c371bf66711f1d7ec0bf4 b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 < c54b643e9a0936d038921c547736574fd7382cea b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 < 74ed3669f26803b1761c1f55403062bea44c3466
Linux / Linux
2.6.14

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb18262c19feb690ddde58c70e3ad04bc6fe566e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d4a1bc3a08bb0e19bdf250b9f575cfef0bae82 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2836a870f612a8a6d9e390d00fa2cf6c90aa5808 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b61c465ea62063593bc9ac186871b69e58ae991 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/062840bdc9ee06169b3c371bf66711f1d7ec0bf4 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c54b643e9a0936d038921c547736574fd7382cea git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ed3669f26803b1761c1f55403062bea44c3466