CVE-2026-98407 json
wifi: rsi: fix heap OOB write on key removal
published 28d ago modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-101056
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rsi: fix heap OOB write on key removal
When a key is removed (data == NULL), rsi_hal_load_key() runs:
memset(&set_key[FRAME_DESC_SZ], 0, frame_len - FRAME_DESC_SZ);
set_key is a struct rsi_set_key *, so the subscript is scaled by sizeof(struct rsi_set_key) (160 bytes): &set_key[FRAME_DESC_SZ] is skb->data + 2560, and the memset writes 144 zero bytes starting 2.4KB past the end of the 160-byte skb data buffer, corrupting unrelated heap objects. The intended byte offset would have been (u8 *)set_key + FRAME_DESC_SZ.
The write fires on every DISABLE_KEY callback, so plain disconnects, roams and interface teardowns trigger it on real networks.
The memset is redundant: the whole buffer is zeroed right after allocation, so the frame sent to the device is byte-identical without it. Drop the else branch; normal operation is unaffected.
Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.8-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.113-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98407
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-149.149
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1069.74
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1073.81
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98407
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.11-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12165-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-108116
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b79e2f6585c014c42384f4caa7a37b3e5d26179c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c67fb3b875a83f9ba92afea4036c7b541f77512a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d40db89180cfab7a917395f9ffc1dac62b0019 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/00bea3589255603c38766cac4a4d6d36493b2556 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac599cf8edf8aa2dae546f04d3f1849e32c2e738 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4f2852b664c3ff1436785cd11258a0ce25b74b3 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dab6ee020b2cd951b670626ba44a95cd4deac3d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c5ed7a98d7bc8b0f7918246f1c90ddb3f79dfa commit
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What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98407 updated cvss 6.5
kernel: wifi: rsi: fix heap OOB write on key removal
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
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Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b79e2f6585c014c42384f4caa7a37b3e5d26179c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c67fb3b875a83f9ba92afea4036c7b541f77512a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/62d40db89180cfab7a917395f9ffc1dac62b0019
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/00bea3589255603c38766cac4a4d6d36493b2556
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ac599cf8edf8aa2dae546f04d3f1849e32c2e738
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f4f2852b664c3ff1436785cd11258a0ce25b74b3
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8dab6ee020b2cd951b670626ba44a95cd4deac3d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e6c5ed7a98d7bc8b0f7918246f1c90ddb3f79dfa
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98407
- NVD CVE-2026-98407
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