CVE-2026-92498

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers The following WMI event handlers currently read from the event buffer without first verifying that the message was large enough to hold the expected event: ath6kl_wmi_scan_complete_rx() ath6kl_wmi_addba_req_event_rx() ath6kl_wmi_delba_req_event_rx() Add length checks to prevent overread.

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EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0018

Probability of exploitation

0.07%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

References

Other References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144fe0b0fa8f311ebe29ef16c8239bf6a24addc0 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f3635213ecf52ff943f01645f895cb39db8f0dc https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41159d392c3adedc093a8d80521037b72350f606 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2de3fb4f83a525e95a86a683f0ff105b9b5785b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abda58f4529d7eebb6ef82e2d266dabc17507faa https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1d2ac5f5b1609a05c455d0aed12904b0985530d https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2a77682f9f984bc9a45a00b7d1aa198503c2fe https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f57314aade9d74d30f3360ec5ef85a83654748be

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-92498? +

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers The following WMI event handlers currently read from the event buffer without first verifying that the message was large enough to hold the expected event: ath6kl_wmi_scan_complete_rx() ath6kl_wmi_addba_req_event_rx() ath6kl_wmi_delba_req_event_rx() Add length checks to prevent overread.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-92498? +

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