Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put
hwsim_virtio_rx_work() passes the virtqueue used-ring length reported by the device straight to skb_put() on a fixed-size receive skb. A backend reporting a length larger than the skb tailroom drives skb_put() past the buffer end and hits skb_over_panic() -- a host-triggerable guest panic (denial of service).
Clamp the length to the skb's available room before skb_put(). A conforming device never reports more than the posted buffer size, so valid frames are unaffected; a truncated over-report then fails the length/header checks in hwsim_virtio_handle_cmd() and is dropped, so truncating rather than dropping here cannot be turned into a parsing problem.
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < 7f9d678b870fca8eaf1d46fa915cba0b1d5b387a; >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < 909573d6a9b67354fc0515952574564e7c909c62; >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < 5779e4a33e1666ddfeba43e96e29c4a9e5254ff0; >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < 82c5a30a66e2a7337d99476c67d6fc1a99c4250e; >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < fade308845c89f784da8a6780c1e77258488f1b6; >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < 6dc76371a9a360c29de00df5b11563102d9d675a; >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < 99dc05c75acc3c8cde8d89c5371f4b569de5ac62; >= 5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1, < 10a2b430f8f06ae14b9590b6f6faa6b588ef0654 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.7 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10a2b430f8f06ae14b9590b6f6faa6b588ef0654
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5779e4a33e1666ddfeba43e96e29c4a9e5254ff0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dc76371a9a360c29de00df5b11563102d9d675a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9d678b870fca8eaf1d46fa915cba0b1d5b387a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c5a30a66e2a7337d99476c67d6fc1a99c4250e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/909573d6a9b67354fc0515952574564e7c909c62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99dc05c75acc3c8cde8d89c5371f4b569de5ac62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fade308845c89f784da8a6780c1e77258488f1b6
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Last modified
- Aug 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received