CVE-2026-43172

HIGH EPSS 16.9%
Published May 6, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published May 6, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing If the firmware were to report three LMACs (which doesn't exist in hardware) then using "fwrt->smem_cfg.lmac[2]" is an overrun of the array. Reject such and use IWL_FW_CHECK instead of WARN_ON in this function.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
16.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.8  –  <6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.19  –  <6.19.6

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d49a42717bdc8de77eabeb5b7d3e88d141ffea9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b4b1510aaaf5b9fb57327ecffc20c055f61f205
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58192b9ce09b0f0f86e2036683bd542130b91a98
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d49a42717bdc8de77eabeb5b7d3e88d141ffea9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b4b1510aaaf5b9fb57327ecffc20c055f61f205
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58192b9ce09b0f0f86e2036683bd542130b91a98
    Patch