CVE-2026-92498 json
wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers
published 2026-09-17 53 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-82119
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-92498
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-92498
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- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.8-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11893-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-102903
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/144fe0b0fa8f311ebe29ef16c8239bf6a24addc0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2de3fb4f83a525e95a86a683f0ff105b9b5785b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1d2ac5f5b1609a05c455d0aed12904b0985530d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2a77682f9f984bc9a45a00b7d1aa198503c2fe commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/41159d392c3adedc093a8d80521037b72350f606 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/abda58f4529d7eebb6ef82e2d266dabc17507faa commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f3635213ecf52ff943f01645f895cb39db8f0dc commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f57314aade9d74d30f3360ec5ef85a83654748be commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-92498 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
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Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/144fe0b0fa8f311ebe29ef16c8239bf6a24addc0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a2de3fb4f83a525e95a86a683f0ff105b9b5785b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d1d2ac5f5b1609a05c455d0aed12904b0985530d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ea2a77682f9f984bc9a45a00b7d1aa198503c2fe
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/41159d392c3adedc093a8d80521037b72350f606
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/abda58f4529d7eebb6ef82e2d266dabc17507faa
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2f3635213ecf52ff943f01645f895cb39db8f0dc
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f57314aade9d74d30f3360ec5ef85a83654748be
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-92498
- NVD CVE-2026-92498
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