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

wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put

hwsim_virtio_rx_work() passes the virtqueue used-ring length reported by
the device straight to skb_put() on a fixed-size receive skb. A backend
reporting a length larger than the skb tailroom drives skb_put() past the
buffer end and hits skb_over_panic() -- a host-triggerable guest panic
(denial of service).

Clamp the length to the skb's available room before skb_put(). A
conforming device never reports more than the posted buffer size, so valid
frames are unaffected; a truncated over-report then fails the
length/header checks in hwsim_virtio_handle_cmd() and is dropped, so
truncating rather than dropping here cannot be turned into a parsing
problem.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put hwsim_virtio_rx_work() passes the virtqueue used-ring length reported by the device straight to skb_put() on a fixed-size receive skb. A backend reporting a length larger than the skb tailroom drives skb_put() past the buffer end and hits skb_over_panic() -- a host-triggerable guest panic (denial of service). Clamp the length to the skb's available room before skb_put(). A conforming device never reports more than the posted buffer size, so valid frames are unaffected; a truncated over-report then fails the length/header checks in hwsim_virtio_handle_cmd() and is dropped, so truncating rather than dropping here cannot be turned into a parsing problem.
Title wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T12:04:31.532Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.391Z

Link: CVE-2026-68411

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Updated: 2026-08-10T16:30:05Z

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