CVE-2026-43172

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 ...

high 8.8 CVSS 3.1
Published: May 6, 2026
Modified: May 8, 2026

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.

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