CVE-2026-98828

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98828
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98828.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98828
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:49:22Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:47:33Z
Summary
wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses

ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback() removes the validated WMI header and copies the number of bytes expected by the waiting command into its response buffer. A device response shorter than that expectation can therefore be read beyond the skb payload.

Record -EMSGSIZE for a short response, complete the waiter, and return the stored status from the command path. This also prevents callers from consuming stale response bytes as a successful reply.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98828.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08
Fixed
03ef61d05aa26022327f971b790f07e6bf6e35d6
Fixed
e0c21130c1c7791ba73b19a3a9ea767c8cd43745
Fixed
a3b0137c855a61371d9cf9993b8bcc33c9798202
Fixed
93ce8ea70451e800601bc9444aa33043de15d67b

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98828.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.35
Fixed
6.12.113
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.56
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.10

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98828.json"