# CVE-2026-43113: wifi: wl1251: validate packet IDs before indexing tx\_frames

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.31

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wl1251: validate packet IDs before indexing tx_frames wl1251_tx_packet_cb() uses the firmware completion ID directly to index the fixed 16-entry wl->tx_frames[] array. The ID is a raw u8 from the completion block, and the callback does not currently verify that it fits the array before dereferencing it. Reject completion IDs that fall outside wl->tx_frames[] and keep the existing NULL check in the same guard. This keeps the fix local to the trust boundary and avoids touching the rest of the completion flow.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6509dbece7339dbc8980c706b9d623119a6de105
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a11a876f0a97061ee5d9e61d0f5a0df7e241c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0dc1ad870d6788b049bfe1511ac75b2333a7550
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ba1eacf276063ebeefbbae8056043c24f2efaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df15adc692a802636dd3f258fc7cca8bf7a0ed9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d7465be5163a923ee5d7459719ef5a021c1584a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26ee518695c484f75e3606d631278e84bd24ae02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fd56fad9c56356e7fa7a7c52e7ecbf807a44eb0

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