CVE-2026-93797 json
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix an off-by-1 boundary check
published 2026-09-24 45 d ago modified 2026-10-03 37 d ago also EUVD-2026-86184
- 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 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix an off-by-1 boundary check
Before looking at the 11th byte, check the length is big enough.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
- 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-2026-93797
- 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-2026-93797
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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 Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.158.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-104003
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c8c06c59ed72a42e4d32e222542b582b4911459 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/23d3fddddd2bcedb4fd6cec5bef16b1fbb563019 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/45fcdbae679861b90f08964a0c3e9eead3bacd6f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2d4efea2c41b49db90907c8b6f37f8b63a9f50 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3b72c9b63288a5f204e2c8f38eae01515d7dc5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d60332387336088e66cc8f1e71e516b6b872ef9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d77aff138c9ec6c8562f4c2c9f262d3d9c4b4cb8 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-2026-93797 updated cvss 6.2
kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix an off-by-1 boundary check
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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-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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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 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2c8c06c59ed72a42e4d32e222542b582b4911459
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/23d3fddddd2bcedb4fd6cec5bef16b1fbb563019
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/45fcdbae679861b90f08964a0c3e9eead3bacd6f
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7a2d4efea2c41b49db90907c8b6f37f8b63a9f50
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1e3b72c9b63288a5f204e2c8f38eae01515d7dc5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/4d60332387336088e66cc8f1e71e516b6b872ef9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d77aff138c9ec6c8562f4c2c9f262d3d9c4b4cb8
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-93797
- NVD CVE-2026-93797
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