FKIE_CVE-2026-68373
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-10 13:20 - Updated: 2026-08-19 17:20
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: at76c50x-usb: avoid length underflow in at76_guess_freq()
at76_guess_freq() checks only that the received frame is at least a bare
802.11 header (24 bytes) before subtracting the fixed management-body
offset:
len -= el_off;
For both beacon and probe response frames, el_off is 36. If the frame is
shorter than el_off, subtracting it causes the calculated IE length to
wrap. The length is eventually passed to cfg80211_find_elem_match() as a
very large unsigned value, so the element walk runs beyond the RX skb.
This path is reached from at76_rx_tasklet() while scanning. If the device
delivers a truncated beacon or probe response, the oversized IE length
causes an out-of-bounds read during scanning.
Skip the IE lookup if the frame does not reach the variable elements,
before subtracting el_off.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "cb831aff2f850f72bc5ff5ad77d0a70bb5a84061",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "4875680d1703f56afa6257ba30244f2fb44ed205",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "b406f33d234f98c8b310fdab5cbb492d85e98e49",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af",
"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
"version": "1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af",
"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
"version": "1264b951463a00efebe1bb596499aaad620ec8af",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.6.30"
},
{
"lessThan": "2.6.30",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.265",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.216",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.183",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.148",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.101",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.42",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.6",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: at76c50x-usb: avoid length underflow in at76_guess_freq()\n\nat76_guess_freq() checks only that the received frame is at least a bare\n802.11 header (24 bytes) before subtracting the fixed management-body\noffset:\n\n\tlen -= el_off;\n\nFor both beacon and probe response frames, el_off is 36. If the frame is\nshorter than el_off, subtracting it causes the calculated IE length to\nwrap. The length is eventually passed to cfg80211_find_elem_match() as a\nvery large unsigned value, so the element walk runs beyond the RX skb.\n\nThis path is reached from at76_rx_tasklet() while scanning. If the device\ndelivers a truncated beacon or probe response, the oversized IE length\ncauses an out-of-bounds read during scanning.\n\nSkip the IE lookup if the frame does not reach the variable elements,\nbefore subtracting el_off."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-68373",
"lastModified": "2026-08-19T17:20:46.770",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 8.1,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
"impactScore": 5.2,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-08-10T13:20:30.190",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4875680d1703f56afa6257ba30244f2fb44ed205"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61a799ffd1e5a4fd3702d547828b7ff3d161468e"
},
{
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b406f33d234f98c8b310fdab5cbb492d85e98e49"
},
{
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcde7249d45f52f994a9872bedf45994472ade77"
},
{
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb831aff2f850f72bc5ff5ad77d0a70bb5a84061"
},
{
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e165a1d295e7e814e13b0f92c86e5d48309509ce"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1b50ab699211e777dca5ccfb648788b6a6e519"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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