CVE-2026-43052 (GCVE-0-2026-43052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-01 14:15 – Updated: 2026-05-02 06:14
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Title
wifi: mac80211: check tdls flag in ieee80211_tdls_oper
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: check tdls flag in ieee80211_tdls_oper When NL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK is called, the code only checks if the station exists but not whether it is actually a TDLS station. This allows the operation to proceed for non-TDLS stations, causing unintended side effects like modifying channel context and HT protection before failing. Add a check for sta->sta.tdls early in the ENABLE_LINK case, before any side effects occur, to ensure the operation is only allowed for actual TDLS peers.
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Linux Linux Affected: 941c93cd039852b7ab02c74f4698c99d82bd6cfe , < 8148c2fda4ebb17104a573649c9b699208ad10ee (git)
Affected: 941c93cd039852b7ab02c74f4698c99d82bd6cfe , < be81f17151fcb8546a95f35ca8f4231b065985de (git)
Affected: 941c93cd039852b7ab02c74f4698c99d82bd6cfe , < e77b2937aaa20264e4bd699d3244bdb50e7e3343 (git)
Affected: 941c93cd039852b7ab02c74f4698c99d82bd6cfe , < 7d73872d949c488a1d7c308031d6a9d89b5e0a8b (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.81 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.22 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.12 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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