201 lines
11 KiB
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201 lines
11 KiB
JSON
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"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
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"cveId": "CVE-2026-93796",
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"assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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"state": "PUBLISHED",
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"assignerShortName": "Linux",
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"dateReserved": "2026-09-18T17:59:28.789Z",
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"datePublished": "2026-09-24T16:02:29.478Z",
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"dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:36:47.103Z"
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},
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"cna": {
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"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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"shortName": "Linux",
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"dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:36:47.103Z"
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},
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"descriptions": [
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{
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"lang": "en",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: pcie: null RX pointers after free\n\nWhen iwl_pcie_tx_init() fails after RX init, nic init unwinds via\niwl_pcie_rx_free().\n\nThe freed RX members stayed non-NULL on the live transport object,\nso later teardown or retry could touch stale RX state.\nSet rx_pool, global_table, rxq, and alloc_page to NULL after free\nto make repeated cleanup and retry paths safe."
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}
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"metrics": [
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"version": "3.1",
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"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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"baseScore": 7,
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"baseSeverity": "HIGH"
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},
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"scenarios": [
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{
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"lang": "en",
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"value": "AV:L - The dangling pointers are created in iwl_pcie_rx_free() when iwl_pcie_nic_init() unwinds a failed iwl_pcie_tx_init() after iwl_pcie_rx_init(). That runs from iwl_trans_pcie_start_fw() during iwl_mvm_start_get_nvm()/iwl_mvm_up() (PCI firmware callback or mac80211 drv_start), not from iwl_pcie_rx_handle() or any 802.11 frame parse.\nAC:H - iwl_pcie_nic_init() only calls iwl_pcie_rx_free() when iwl_pcie_tx_init() fails after a successful iwl_pcie_rx_init(). Reachable failures are ENOMEM in iwl_pcie_tx_alloc() or a non-power-of-two slots_num in iwl_queue_init(); the attacker cannot make RX allocation succeed and the subsequent TX allocation fail on demand.\nPR:L - iwl_op_mode_mvm_start() calls iwl_mvm_start_get_nvm() → iwl_run_init_mvm_ucode() → iwl_trans_start_fw() with no capable() check from iwl_req_fw_callback after PCI bind. A local unprivileged process on a host with iwlwifi is sufficient; init-namespace CAP_NET_ADMIN is not required to reach this unwind.\nUI:N - After iwl_pcie_rx_free() in the nic_init unwind, iwl_mvm_start_get_nvm() always calls iwl_mvm_stop_device() (and iwl_run_init_ucode() always calls iwl_trans_stop_device()), so iwl_pcie_rx_napi_sync() uses the stale rxq with no victim mount, file open, or association.\nS:U - The UAF and double-free of trans_pcie->rxq, rx_pool, global_table, and alloc_page stay inside the host iwlwifi PCIe transport on the same kernel authority; this is not a KVM/Xen guest-to-host escape or an IOMMU/DMA bypass.\nC:H - iwl_pcie_rx_free() kfree()s rxq/rx_pool/global_table and __free_pages()s alloc_page without NULL, then iwl_pcie_rx_napi_sync() and _iwl_pcie_rx_init() dereference those freed objects; UAF of those slabs/pages enables arbitrary kernel read.\nI:H - _iwl_pcie_rx_init() writes the dangling rxq/rx_pool/global_table (list restock, netif_napi_add), and a later iwl_pcie_rx_free() from iwl_trans_pcie_free() double-frees the same kmalloc objects, giving a heap write/control-flow primitive.\nA:H - iwl_pcie_rx_napi_sync() walking a kfree'd rxq, or a second iwl_pcie_rx_free() of the same pointers from iwl_trans_pcie_free(), is a kernel oops or panic."
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}
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]
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}
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],
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"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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"drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/gen1_2/rx.c"
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