CVE-2026-92498
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers The following WMI event handlers currently read from the event buffer without first verifying that the message was large enough to hold the expected event: ath6kl_wmi_scan_complete_rx() ath6kl_wmi_addba_req_event_rx() ath6kl_wmi_delba_req_event_rx() Add length checks to prevent overread.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144fe0b0fa8f311ebe29ef16c8239bf6a24addc0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f3635213ecf52ff943f01645f895cb39db8f0dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41159d392c3adedc093a8d80521037b72350f606
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2de3fb4f83a525e95a86a683f0ff105b9b5785b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abda58f4529d7eebb6ef82e2d266dabc17507faa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1d2ac5f5b1609a05c455d0aed12904b0985530d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2a77682f9f984bc9a45a00b7d1aa198503c2fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f57314aade9d74d30f3360ec5ef85a83654748be
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.