Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 66f909308a7c05082919ff214a0bbe2a76aa0283, < 55b26abb1fa1ec406b3ad11b43c49c7624257565; >= 66f909308a7c05082919ff214a0bbe2a76aa0283, < 185bb156c427d0f865d344a6d0eaa02c6d05cc57; >= 66f909308a7c05082919ff214a0bbe2a76aa0283, < 240c8d2c717b3f8153e7e877b22a82518d78dbdc |
| Linux | Linux | 6.16 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received