# CVE-2026-74554: wifi: ath12k: fix out-of-bounds clear\_bit in ath12k\_mac\_dp\_peer\_cleanup()

- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.8
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from ee16dcf573d5e3283fda601dd4bca6bc52251017, fixed in 234b5cb81e6fcc1e3b31b13deff66130be55f36e; from ee16dcf573d5e3283fda601dd4bca6bc52251017, fixed in 47abd2ca281531deee38a3b3770d885e270e9fc9
- Linux: 7.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix out-of-bounds clear_bit in ath12k_mac_dp_peer_cleanup() ath12k_mac_dp_peer_cleanup() clears the ML peer ID slot on the free_ml_peer_id_map bitmap by indexing it with dp_peer->peer_id. That is wrong: dp_peer->peer_id for an MLO peer always carries the ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID bit (BIT(13)), so clear_bit() is invoked with index >= 0x2000, which is far outside the bitmap of ATH12K_MAX_MLO_PEERS (256) bits and corrupts memory adjacent to ah->free_ml_peer_id_map. The intended bitmap entry also never gets cleared, so subsequent ath12k_peer_ml_alloc() calls eventually run out of IDs. The ID without the VALID bit is what ath12k_peer_ml_alloc() returned and is stored in ahsta->ml_peer_id. Use that instead. While there, also reset ahsta->ml_peer_id to ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID so the bitmap and ahsta->ml_peer_id stay in sync. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00302-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.115823.3

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234b5cb81e6fcc1e3b31b13deff66130be55f36e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47abd2ca281531deee38a3b3770d885e270e9fc9

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