CVE-2026-93799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate sta_id in BA window status notif

BA_WINDOW_STATUS_NOTIFICATION_ID extracts a 5-bit sta_id from the
firmware notification and uses it to index fw_id_to_mac_id[] without
bounds checking. Validate sta_id before array access to prevent
out-of-bounds indexing.

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aa77efaea9efea92e3090c35ad348fd759a3cf3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb08fbbbd5568d33069485ecb0a1657f115a4e9f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e35ae757c6462bfd3437bf58121bb721fe1f790c

History

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate sta_id in BA window status notif BA_WINDOW_STATUS_NOTIFICATION_ID extracts a 5-bit sta_id from the firmware notification and uses it to index fw_id_to_mac_id[] without bounds checking. Validate sta_id before array access to prevent out-of-bounds indexing.
Title		wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate sta_id in BA window status notif
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aa77efaea9efea92e3090c35ad348fd759a3cf3 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb08fbbbd5568d33069485ecb0a1657f115a4e9f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e35ae757c6462bfd3437bf58121bb721fe1f790c

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-09-24T16:02:32.174Z

Updated: 2026-09-24T16:02:32.174Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T17:59:28.789Z

Link: CVE-2026-93799

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:12.720

Modified: 2026-09-24T17:17:12.720

Link: CVE-2026-93799

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