Answer in brief
CVE-2026-90398 records a High severity (CVSS 8.4) vulnerability in wifi: ath11k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.4. 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
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <bbb3b3334a9ed850c5b332eedea107796e691237 || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <75185e2b214e842b7e0af29e5d1fef155662b8b1 || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <acff2713c3212ade15051e7b421f15c89927e70f || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <7a246c72132eb943b5844ba79dad597b47429dba | bbb3b3334a9ed850c5b332eedea107796e691237, 75185e2b214e842b7e0af29e5d1fef155662b8b1, acff2713c3212ade15051e7b421f15c89927e70f, 7a246c72132eb943b5844ba79dad597b47429dba |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.6 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <b2ecd548f89a4a6c14b5eb4abc825f92b3068dda || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <bbb3b3334a9ed850c5b332eedea107796e691237 || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <75185e2b214e842b7e0af29e5d1fef155662b8b1 || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <acff2713c3212ade15051e7b421f15c89927e70f || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <7a246c72132eb943b5844ba79dad597b47429dba | b2ecd548f89a4a6c14b5eb4abc825f92b3068dda, bbb3b3334a9ed850c5b332eedea107796e691237, 75185e2b214e842b7e0af29e5d1fef155662b8b1, acff2713c3212ade15051e7b421f15c89927e70f, 7a246c72132eb943b5844ba79dad597b47429dba |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <deb14c9932509c0defaa0620c9ca8d20b385a6bd || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <b2ecd548f89a4a6c14b5eb4abc825f92b3068dda || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <bbb3b3334a9ed850c5b332eedea107796e691237 || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <75185e2b214e842b7e0af29e5d1fef155662b8b1 || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <acff2713c3212ade15051e7b421f15c89927e70f || >=5b90fc760db5a969ed26d70f8e62c91915f012bd <7a246c72132eb943b5844ba79dad597b47429dba | deb14c9932509c0defaa0620c9ca8d20b385a6bd, b2ecd548f89a4a6c14b5eb4abc825f92b3068dda, bbb3b3334a9ed850c5b332eedea107796e691237, 75185e2b214e842b7e0af29e5d1fef155662b8b1, acff2713c3212ade15051e7b421f15c89927e70f, 7a246c72132eb943b5844ba79dad597b47429dba |
Published upstream
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 17, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix stride mismatch in mac_phy_caps_parse() Currently, in ath11k_wmi_tlv_mac_phy_caps_parse(), kcalloc() sizes the mac_phy_caps buffer as tot_phy_id * len, where len is clamped to min(firmware_len, sizeof(struct wmi_mac_phy_capabilities)). The subsequent memcpy() destination advances by sizeof(full struct) per slot via C pointer arithmetic, not by the clamped len. When firmware sends short TLVs, the second and later slots are written past the end of the allocation. The reader in ath11k_pull_mac_phy_cap_svc_ready_ext() also indexes the buffer with full-struct pointer arithmetic, so the allocation must match that stride. Fix by using kzalloc_objs(), which derives the element size from the pointer type, making allocation size and pointer stride provably consistent regardless of what len the firmware provides. Compile tested only.
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