{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-71100", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:30:19.651Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-13T15:34:59.039Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:12:05.756Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:12:05.756Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtlwifi: 8192cu: fix tid out of range in rtl92cu_tx_fill_desc()\n\nTID getting from ieee80211_get_tid() might be out of range of array size\nof sta_entry->tids[], so check TID is less than MAX_TID_COUNT. Othwerwise,\nUBSAN warn:\n\n UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c:514:30\n index 10 is out of range for type 'rtl_tid_data [9]'" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H", "baseScore": 7.6, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:A - An adjacent Wi-Fi peer can trigger automatic open-mesh peering responses whose category 15 is misinterpreted as a TID, reaching rtl92cu_tx_fill_desc() over the wireless link.\nAC:L - A valid peering-open frame deterministically triggers the vulnerable transmit path; no race or condition outside the attacker's control is required.\nPR:N - The open-mesh path accepts self-protected peering frames from unknown peers and automatically creates an authorized station entry, requiring no credentials or local capabilities.\nUI:N - Once the affected wireless interface is operating, mac80211 processes the attacker's frame and transmits the vulnerable response automatically.\nS:U - The access and resulting effects remain within the host kernel and wireless device security authority, without crossing a virtualization or isolation boundary.\nC:L - The access reads one byte at one of a small number of TID-selected offsets, with TIDs 10 through 15 reaching beyond the tail-allocated driver data; conservatively, this permits only a tightly bounded heap-state oracle rather than arbitrary memory disclosure.\nI:L - The operation cannot overwrite kernel memory or provide an arbitrary-write primitive, but the fetched byte can influence aggregation and RTS descriptor state, supporting limited transmission integrity impact.\nA:H - UBSAN trap or panic-on-warning kernels can oops or panic on the deterministic bounds violation, and an adjacent peer can retrigger it after recovery." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "8ca4cdef93297c9b9bf08da39bc940bd20acbb94", "lessThan": "9765d6eb8298b07d499cdf9ef7c237d3540102d6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8ca4cdef93297c9b9bf08da39bc940bd20acbb94", "lessThan": "90a15ff324645aa806d81fa349497cd964861b66", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8ca4cdef93297c9b9bf08da39bc940bd20acbb94", "lessThan": "dd39edb445f07400e748da967a07d5dca5c5f96e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.9", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.64", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.64" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9765d6eb8298b07d499cdf9ef7c237d3540102d6" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a15ff324645aa806d81fa349497cd964861b66" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd39edb445f07400e748da967a07d5dca5c5f96e" } ], "title": "wifi: rtlwifi: 8192cu: fix tid out of range in rtl92cu_tx_fill_desc()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }