CVE-2026-74488

wifi: mwifiex: use the subframe length when parsing A-MSDU TDLS frames

CVE-2026-74488 is fixed in 52 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74488, released August 16, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0026
17th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: use the subframe length when parsing A-MSDU TDLS frames mwifiex_11n_dispatch_amsdu_pkt() splits an A-MSDU with ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s() and walks the resulting subframes. For each subframe it passes the subframe data pointer to mwifiex_process_tdls_action_frame(), but pairs it with skb->len, the length of the A-MSDU parent, instead of rx_skb->len: rx_skb = __skb_dequeue(&list); rx_hdr = (struct rx_packet_hdr *)rx_skb->data; if (ISSUPP_TDLS_ENABLED(priv->adapter->fw_cap_info) && ntohs(rx_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_proto) == ETH_P_TDLS) { mwifiex_process_tdls_action_frame(priv, (u8 *)rx_hdr, skb->len); } The parent is not a valid description of that buffer, and may not be valid memory at all. ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s() ends with if (!reuse_skb) dev_kfree_skb(skb); and it only sets reuse_skb when the parent is linear, is not a head_frag, and is being consumed as the *last* subframe. So when the parent does not qualify for reuse it has already been freed, and the read of skb->len is a use-after-free. When it is reused, skb->len is the length of the last subframe, applied to every earlier subframe, which over-states the buffer whenever an earlier subframe is shorter. The callee cannot absorb a wrong length, because it derives its own ceiling from the value it is given. Each frame type computes ies_len = len - sizeof(struct ethhdr) - TDLS_*_FIX_LEN; and the element walk is then bounded entirely against that ceiling, for (end = pos + ies_len; pos + 1 < end; pos += 2 + pos[1]) { u8 ie_len = pos[1]; if (pos + 2 + ie_len > end) break; so a too-large len moves end past the end of the subframe and the walk reads and copies beyond it. The A-MSDU layout is chosen by the sender, which makes the difference between the last subframe and a shorter earlier one remotely selectable. Reaching this requires TDLS support in firmware and the TDLS ethertype on the subframe. The other caller, mwifiex_process_rx_packet(), is correct: it passes a pointer and a length that describe the same region of the RX buffer. Pass rx_skb->len, the length of the subframe actually being parsed.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
bpftool · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4369-1 Oct 2, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4 SUSE-SU-2026:4369-1 Oct 2, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4369-1 Oct 2, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.3.4 SUSE-SU-2026:4369-1 Oct 2, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1 Sep 10, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4369-1 Oct 2, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4369-1 Oct 2, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
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kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
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kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.187-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74488 Aug 16, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.105-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74488 Aug 16, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74488 Aug 16, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74488 Aug 16, 2026

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