{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-74336", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.885Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:58:27.799Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-15T10:08:55.597Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-15T10:08:55.597Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: bound S1G TIM PVB walk to the TIM element\n\nieee80211_s1g_check_tim() parses the S1G Partial Virtual Bitmap (PVB) of a\nreceived TIM element. The TIM is handed in as the element payload:\nieee802_11_parse_elems_full() stores elems->tim = elem->data and\nelems->tim_len = elem->datalen (net/mac80211/parse.c), so the valid bytes\nare [tim, tim + tim_len).\n\nWhen walking the encoded blocks the function passes the walker an end\nsentinel of (const u8 *)tim + tim_len + 2, i.e. two bytes past the end of\nthe element. ieee80211_s1g_find_target_block() loops while (ptr + 1 <= end)\nand dereferences ptr (and the per-mode ieee80211_s1g_len_*() helpers read\n*ptr), so it can read up to two bytes beyond the TIM element -- an\nout-of-bounds read of adjacent skb/heap data when the TIM is the last\nelement in the frame. The +2 appears to account for the element id/len\nheader, but tim already points past that header at the element payload, so\nthe addend is wrong.\n\nPass the correct element end, (const u8 *)tim + tim_len." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/linux/ieee80211-s1g.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e0c47c6229c25b54440fe1f84a0ff533942290b1", "lessThan": "68cf46755894d495b432e21f9e25637030d8b075", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e0c47c6229c25b54440fe1f84a0ff533942290b1", "lessThan": "3abc13ec3ac28c343ad7e7b7496e807b924f0edd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e0c47c6229c25b54440fe1f84a0ff533942290b1", "lessThan": "b224d18b1e5d1cddfc67f63f41d80023b2ec8889", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/linux/ieee80211-s1g.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.57", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "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": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.57" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68cf46755894d495b432e21f9e25637030d8b075" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3abc13ec3ac28c343ad7e7b7496e807b924f0edd" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b224d18b1e5d1cddfc67f63f41d80023b2ec8889" } ], "title": "wifi: mac80211: bound S1G TIM PVB walk to the TIM element", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }