CVE•Published 2026-05-01•Modified 2026-05-11•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-31779Linux · Linux_kernel
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CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
7
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 93% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix potential out-of-bounds read in iwl_mvm_nd_match_info_handler() The memcpy function assumes the dynamic array notif->matches is at least as large as the number of bytes to copy. Otherwise, results->matches may contain unwanted data. To guarantee safety, extend the validation in one of the checks to ensure sufficient packet length. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-01
Modified 2026-05-11
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