# CVE-2026-74336: wifi: mac80211: bound S1G TIM PVB walk to the TIM element

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.57, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from e0c47c6229c25b54440fe1f84a0ff533942290b1, fixed in 68cf46755894d495b432e21f9e25637030d8b075; from e0c47c6229c25b54440fe1f84a0ff533942290b1, fixed in 3abc13ec3ac28c343ad7e7b7496e807b924f0edd; from e0c47c6229c25b54440fe1f84a0ff533942290b1, fixed in b224d18b1e5d1cddfc67f63f41d80023b2ec8889
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: bound S1G TIM PVB walk to the TIM element ieee80211_s1g_check_tim() parses the S1G Partial Virtual Bitmap (PVB) of a received TIM element. The TIM is handed in as the element payload: ieee802_11_parse_elems_full() stores elems->tim = elem->data and elems->tim_len = elem->datalen (net/mac80211/parse.c), so the valid bytes are [tim, tim + tim_len). When walking the encoded blocks the function passes the walker an end sentinel of (const u8 *)tim + tim_len + 2, i.e. two bytes past the end of the element. ieee80211_s1g_find_target_block() loops while (ptr + 1 <= end) and dereferences ptr (and the per-mode ieee80211_s1g_len_*() helpers read *ptr), so it can read up to two bytes beyond the TIM element -- an out-of-bounds read of adjacent skb/heap data when the TIM is the last element in the frame. The +2 appears to account for the element id/len header, but tim already points past that header at the element payload, so the addend is wrong. Pass the correct element end, (const u8 *)tim + tim_len.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.57, 7.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68cf46755894d495b432e21f9e25637030d8b075
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3abc13ec3ac28c343ad7e7b7496e807b924f0edd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b224d18b1e5d1cddfc67f63f41d80023b2ec8889

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