CVE-2026-22978
wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point struct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches. struct iw_point { void __user pointer; / Pointer to the data (in user space) */ __u16 length; /* number of fields or size in bytes */ __u16 flags; /* Optional params */ }; Make sure to zero the structure to avoid disclosing 32bits of kernel data to user space.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
2.6.27
References 7
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/d943b5f592767b107ba8c12a902f17431350378c
- stable/c/a3827e310b5a73535646ef4a552d53b3c8bf74f6
- stable/c/442ceac0393185e9982323f6682a52a53e8462b1
- stable/c/d21ec867d84c9f3a9845d7d8c90c9ce35dbe48f8
- stable/c/024f71a57d563fbe162e528c8bf2d27e9cac7c7b
- stable/c/e3c35177103ead4658b8a62f41e3080d45885464
- stable/c/21cbf883d073abbfe09e3924466aa5e0449e7261