In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: bound aligned TLV advance in FW parser
Validate ALIGN(tlv_len, 4) against remaining parser length before
consuming bytes from the firmware image.
This avoids length underflow on malformed TLVs.
wifi: iwlwifi: bound aligned TLV advance in FW parser
Validate ALIGN(tlv_len, 4) against remaining parser length before
consuming bytes from the firmware image.
This avoids length underflow on malformed TLVs.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Linux | Linux | unaffected |
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| Linux | Linux | affected |
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: bound aligned TLV advance in FW parser Validate ALIGN(tlv_len, 4) against remaining parser length before consuming bytes from the firmware image. This avoids length underflow on malformed TLVs. | |
| Title | wifi: iwlwifi: bound aligned TLV advance in FW parser | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-24T16:02:23.252Z
Reserved: 2026-09-18T17:59:28.788Z
Link: CVE-2026-93789
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:11.593
Modified: 2026-09-24T17:17:11.593
Link: CVE-2026-93789
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