wifi: b43legacy: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in RX path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: b43legacy: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in RX path Same fix as b43: the firmware-controlled key index in b43legacy_rx() can exceed dev->max_nr_keys. The existing B43legacy_WARN_ON is non-enforcing in production builds, allowing an out-of-bounds read of dev->key[]. Make the check enforcing by dropping the frame for invalid indices.
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: b43legacy: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in RX path Same fix as b43: the firmware-controlled key index in b43legacy_rx() can exceed dev->max_nr_keys. The existing B43legacy_WARN_ON is non-enforcing in production builds, allowing an out-of-bounds read of dev->key[]. Make the check enforcing by dropping the frame for invalid indices.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1baaeb6adecb9691748c0253dab6ddd19a2b4e9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4242db36de99de734cc1f60e5edd86cda7e598c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ee946077607d7783ae6709a899213fc4fe08f35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d1bc155802943e92c57a5fb923d23edfbf0b525
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a035766f970bde2d4298346a31a80685be5c0205
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a92bd0503df2488f2cc040f329ebccff1c1934cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df805c1d085b7a96077f0964185764c87060950d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd4e51979f42ca8b1ab7e6176b607e1caabf2a5
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46163.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46163