wifi: b43: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in b43_rx()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: b43: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in b43_rx() The firmware-controlled key index in b43_rx() can exceed the dev->key[] array size (58 entries). The existing B43_WARN_ON is non-enforcing in production builds, allowing an out-of-bounds read. Make the B43_WARN_ON check enforcing by dropping the frame when the firmware returns an invalid key index.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: b43: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in b43_rx() The firmware-controlled key index in b43_rx() can exceed the dev->key[] array size (58 entries). The existing B43_WARN_ON is non-enforcing in production builds, allowing an out-of-bounds read. Make the B43_WARN_ON check enforcing by dropping the frame when the firmware returns an invalid key index.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/135cb49c9a42a02cceeac7b49ec03e267f7ed6d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9e55cf66f0fa4799f4d86ef3aaba8e606b5c14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f4f78bf8549e6ac4f04fba4176854f3a6e0c332
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/219ba67e69e49681e48c822d6eaafb5def032f34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3157ad40b084a8f3932da2641749ab45e99b933e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/765709720e6af9a178abc40244a8d1aa39ac4e71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3d7b90dc95020cd9282c4630e402fe224f7644e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7029879bafdac2006c67553807d122283dc6cbf
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46122.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46122