High 8.8Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43176wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:50 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: pci: validate release report content before using for RTL8922DE The commit 957eda596c76 ("wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report") does validation on existing chips, which somehow a release report of SKB becomes malformed. As no clear cause found, add rules ahead for RTL8922DE to avoid crash if it happens.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 before ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3; 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 builds before 3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3; 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 builds before 5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.18 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620patch

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