High severity · published May 6, 2026
CVE-2026-43113
wifi: wl1251: validate packet IDs before indexing tx_frames
8.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: wl1251: validate packet IDs before indexing tx_frames
wl1251_tx_packet_cb() uses the firmware completion ID directly to index
the fixed 16-entry wl->tx_frames[] array. The ID is a raw u8 from the
completion block, and the callback does not currently verify that it
fits the array before dereferencing it.
Reject completion IDs that fall outside wl->tx_frames[] and keep the
existing NULL check in the same guard. This keeps the fix local to the
trust boundary and avoids touching the rest of the completion flow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.31 before 6.6.136; 6.7 before 6.12.83; 6.13 before 6.18.24; 6.19 before 6.19.14; 7.0; 7.0; +4 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
2f01a1f58889fbfeb68b1bc1b52e4197f3333490 before 6509dbece7339dbc8980c706b9d623119a6de105; 2f01a1f58889fbfeb68b1bc1b52e4197f3333490 before a8a11a876f0a97061ee5d9e61d0f5a0df7e241c7; 2f01a1f58889fbfeb68b1bc1b52e4197f3333490 before e0dc1ad870d6788b049bfe1511ac75b2333a7550; 2f01a1f58889fbfeb68b1bc1b52e4197f3333490 before b6ba1eacf276063ebeefbbae8056043c24f2efaf; 2f01a1f58889fbfeb68b1bc1b52e4197f3333490 before df15adc692a802636dd3f258fc7cca8bf7a0ed9a; 2f01a1f58889fbfeb68b1bc1b52e4197f3333490 before 8d7465be5163a923ee5d7459719ef5a021c1584a; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43113
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43113
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fd56fad9c56356e7fa7a7c52e7ecbf807a44eb0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26ee518695c484f75e3606d631278e84bd24ae02
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6509dbece7339dbc8980c706b9d623119a6de105
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d7465be5163a923ee5d7459719ef5a021c1584a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a11a876f0a97061ee5d9e61d0f5a0df7e241c7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ba1eacf276063ebeefbbae8056043c24f2efaf
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