{"id":"CVE-2026-68352","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-68352","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:23:56.293Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware IE lengths in connect event The firmware-controlled beacon_ie_len, assoc_req_len, and assoc_resp_len fields in ath6kl_wmi_connect_event_rx() are…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware IE lengths in connect event\n\nThe firmware-controlled beacon_ie_len, assoc_req_len, and assoc_resp_len\nfields in ath6kl_wmi_connect_event_rx() are not validated against the\nbuffer length. Their sum (up to 765) can exceed the actual WMI event\ndata, causing out-of-bounds reads during IE parsing and state corruption\nof wmi->is_wmm_enabled.\n\nAdd a check that the total IE length fits within the buffer.","published":"2026-08-10T13:20:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T22:17:14.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00415,"percentile":0.35525,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c690f7c4c5b37108ac8c98b94ce1b3c655a4f5e","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1eeed9efc9a40e0635e910c37fee86543041b4e1","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33b5342d2080657054ddf89ef1199b426a37dae8","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b47b29730de3232b919d8362749f6814c5f2a33","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cae33e3e09a080db96e3a8980c2c8d288318320","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94e1bfcefe8264a207c2fda2febb954e70a34b42","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a38d7d6376b295245b53bc98b7ca682c027abaf7","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d70c0a850c21b57a6f46ce363860203389bbeaa6","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68352","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}