CVE•Published 2026-05-06•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-43172Linux · Linux_kernel
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CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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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.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-06
Modified 2026-05-13
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