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CVE-2026-23073
published 2026-02-04

CVE-2026-23073: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rsi: Fix memory corruption due to not set vif driver data size The struct…

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.13%
3.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rsi: Fix memory corruption due to not set vif driver data size The struct ieee80211_vif contains trailing space for vif driver data, when struct ieee80211_vif is allocated, the total memory size that is allocated is sizeof(struct ieee80211_vif) + size of vif driver data. The size of vif driver data is set by each WiFi driver as needed. The RSI911x driver does not set vif driver data size, no trailing space for vif driver data is therefore allocated past struct ieee80211_vif . The RSI911x driver does however use the vif driver data to store its vif driver data structure "struct vif_priv". An access to vif->drv_priv leads to access out of struct ieee80211_vif bounds and corruption of some memory. In case of the failure observed locally, rsi_mac80211_add_interface() would write struct vif_priv *vif_info = (struct vif_priv *)vif->drv_priv; vif_info->vap_id = vap_idx. This write corrupts struct fq_tin member struct list_head new_flows . The flow = list_first_entry(head, struct fq_flow, flowchain); in fq_tin_reset() then reports non-NULL bogus address, which when accessed causes a crash. The trigger is very simple, boot the machine with init=/bin/sh , mount devtmpfs, sysfs, procfs, and then do "ip link set wlan0 up", "sleep 1", "ip link set wlan0 down" and the crash occurs. Fix this by setting the correct size of vif driver data, which is the size of "struct vif_priv", so that memory is allocated and the driver can store its driver data in it, instead of corrupting memory around it.

Affected

56 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 < 49ef094fdbc3526e5db2aebb404b84f79c5603dc49ef094fdbc3526e5db2aebb404b84f79c5603dc
linuxlinux>= dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 < 0d7c9e793e351cbbe9e06a9ca47d77b6ad288fb00d7c9e793e351cbbe9e06a9ca47d77b6ad288fb0
linuxlinux>= dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 < 7c54d0c3e2cad4300be721ec2aecfcf8a63bc9f47c54d0c3e2cad4300be721ec2aecfcf8a63bc9f4
linuxlinux>= dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 < 7761d7801f40e61069b4df3db88b36d80d089f8a7761d7801f40e61069b4df3db88b36d80d089f8a
linuxlinux>= dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 < 99129d80a5d4989ef8566f434f3589f60f28042b99129d80a5d4989ef8566f434f3589f60f28042b
linuxlinux>= dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 < 31efbcff90884ea5f65bf3d1de01267db51ee3d131efbcff90884ea5f65bf3d1de01267db51ee3d1
linuxlinux>= dad0d04fa7ba41ce603a01e8e64967650303e9a2 < 4f431d88ea8093afc7ba55edf4652978c5a68f334f431d88ea8093afc7ba55edf4652978c5a68f33
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.249-15.10.249-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.162-16.1.162-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.8-16.18.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.15 < 5.10.2495.10.249
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1995.15.199
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1626.1.162
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.86.18.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1226.6.122
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.686.12.68
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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