# CVE-2026-74341: wifi: wcn36xx: fix heap overflow from oversized firmware HAL response

- 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
- Fixed in: 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.13
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.13.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wcn36xx: fix heap overflow from oversized firmware HAL response The firmware response dispatcher copies all synchronous HAL responses into the 4096-byte hal_buf without validating the response length. A response exceeding WCN36XX_HAL_BUF_SIZE causes a heap buffer overflow with firmware-controlled content. Add a bounds check on the response length.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5) per the references below.
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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/7acc1995bdcfdd82b2dd0dc735b1a4b076ae88a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b80c4b5268c297b0503f65ef18038327e2119ad1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dae9cadf0925f1cbfb71306d60490890df3870a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfc67aee0c83e7f5d43a1dad3e25c789e9cc1d92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15545ee71301e82d26d9a31b407ed0019eb62a60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b5d8a248c3afa640bcc99fa95abcd1e36f3ee18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18813b90032bfaafb225906a4d2b51be4dfc02c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a240d86d3d64521f9194abe185ac71cc74d0bd

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