Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72003 records a High severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: fix heap overflow on a short auth frame. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=66f909308a7c05082919ff214a0bbe2a76aa0283 <55b26abb1fa1ec406b3ad11b43c49c7624257565 || >=66f909308a7c05082919ff214a0bbe2a76aa0283 <185bb156c427d0f865d344a6d0eaa02c6d05cc57 || >=66f909308a7c05082919ff214a0bbe2a76aa0283 <240c8d2c717b3f8153e7e877b22a82518d78dbdc | 55b26abb1fa1ec406b3ad11b43c49c7624257565, 185bb156c427d0f865d344a6d0eaa02c6d05cc57, 240c8d2c717b3f8153e7e877b22a82518d78dbdc |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.16 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: fix heap overflow on a short auth frame brcmf_notify_auth_frame_rx() takes the frame length from the firmware event and copies the frame body with the management header offset subtracted: u32 mgmt_frame_len = e->datalen - sizeof(struct brcmf_rx_mgmt_data); ... memcpy(&mgmt_frame->u, frame, mgmt_frame_len - offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u)); The only length check is e->datalen >= sizeof(*rxframe), so mgmt_frame_len can be anything from 0 up. offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u) is 24. When mgmt_frame_len is below that, the subtraction wraps as an unsigned value to a huge length. The memcpy then runs far past the kzalloc'd buffer. A malicious or malfunctioning AP can make the frame short during the external SAE auth exchange, so this is a remotely triggered heap overflow. Reject frames shorter than the management header offset before the copy.
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