Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: wilc1000: fix RX buffer OOB-write in wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext()
wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext() takes the RX transfer size from the
device-reported interrupt status register (a 15-bit field shifted left by 2,
up to 131068 bytes) and reads that many bytes from the device into
rx_buffer, which is only WILC_RX_BUFF_SIZE (96K) large. The wrap
check only handles the current offset; the size itself is never
compared against the buffer, so a bogus SDIO device can make the driver
OOB-write rx_buffer by up to ~32K with data it controls.
The oversized transfer also leaves rx_buffer_offset past the end of
the buffer, after which the unsigned wrap check stops working and
the overflow can repeat.
Drop any transfer whose size exceeds the RX buffer, acknowledging
the data interrupt and re-arming the RX engine so the bogus frame is
discarded and reception can continue. This also restores the
rx_buffer_offset <= WILC_RX_BUFF_SIZE invariant the wrap check
relies on.
This is not expected to change driver behavior in most cases:
without this check, an oversized transfer would most likely
corrupt neighboring kernel memory instead of completing anyway, and
the drop path performs the same interrupt acknowledgment and RX
engine re-arming as the normal path, so subsequent transfers are
received unaffected.
Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.
wifi: wilc1000: fix RX buffer OOB-write in wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext()
wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext() takes the RX transfer size from the
device-reported interrupt status register (a 15-bit field shifted left by 2,
up to 131068 bytes) and reads that many bytes from the device into
rx_buffer, which is only WILC_RX_BUFF_SIZE (96K) large. The wrap
check only handles the current offset; the size itself is never
compared against the buffer, so a bogus SDIO device can make the driver
OOB-write rx_buffer by up to ~32K with data it controls.
The oversized transfer also leaves rx_buffer_offset past the end of
the buffer, after which the unsigned wrap check stops working and
the overflow can repeat.
Drop any transfer whose size exceeds the RX buffer, acknowledging
the data interrupt and re-arming the RX engine so the bogus frame is
discarded and reception can continue. This also restores the
rx_buffer_offset <= WILC_RX_BUFF_SIZE invariant the wrap check
relies on.
This is not expected to change driver behavior in most cases:
without this check, an oversized transfer would most likely
corrupt neighboring kernel memory instead of completing anyway, and
the drop path performs the same interrupt acknowledgment and RX
engine re-arming as the normal path, so subsequent transfers are
received unaffected.
Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.
Published:
2026-10-06
Score:
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KEV:
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Action:
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History
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-119 |
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix RX buffer OOB-write in wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext() wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext() takes the RX transfer size from the device-reported interrupt status register (a 15-bit field shifted left by 2, up to 131068 bytes) and reads that many bytes from the device into rx_buffer, which is only WILC_RX_BUFF_SIZE (96K) large. The wrap check only handles the current offset; the size itself is never compared against the buffer, so a bogus SDIO device can make the driver OOB-write rx_buffer by up to ~32K with data it controls. The oversized transfer also leaves rx_buffer_offset past the end of the buffer, after which the unsigned wrap check stops working and the overflow can repeat. Drop any transfer whose size exceeds the RX buffer, acknowledging the data interrupt and re-arming the RX engine so the bogus frame is discarded and reception can continue. This also restores the rx_buffer_offset <= WILC_RX_BUFF_SIZE invariant the wrap check relies on. This is not expected to change driver behavior in most cases: without this check, an oversized transfer would most likely corrupt neighboring kernel memory instead of completing anyway, and the drop path performs the same interrupt acknowledgment and RX engine re-arming as the normal path, so subsequent transfers are received unaffected. Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine. | |
| Title | wifi: wilc1000: fix RX buffer OOB-write in wilc_wlan_handle_isr_ext() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T08:44:30.807Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.323Z
Link: CVE-2026-98189
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T09:18:04.033
Modified: 2026-10-06T09:18:04.033
Link: CVE-2026-98189
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-06T12:30:10Z
Weaknesses
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CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer