CVE-2026-22978
LOW severity · CVSS 3.3
3.3CVSS LOW
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point struct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches. struct iw_point { void __user *pointer; /* Pointer to the data (in user space) */ __u16 length; /* number of fields or size in bytes */ __u16 flags; /* Optional params */ }; Make sure to zero the structure to avoid disclosing 32bits of kernel data to user space.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/024f71a57d563fbe162e528c8bf2d27e9cac7c7b ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/024f71a57d563fbe162e528c8bf2d27e9cac7c7bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21cbf883d073abbfe09e3924466aa5e0449e7261Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/442ceac0393185e9982323f6682a52a53e8462b1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3827e310b5a73535646ef4a552d53b3c8bf74f6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d21ec867d84c9f3a9845d7d8c90c9ce35dbe48f8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d943b5f592767b107ba8c12a902f17431350378cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3c35177103ead4658b8a62f41e3080d45885464Patch