CVE-2026-90382 PUBLISHED

wifi: mt76: mt76x02: do not WARN on invalid rx descriptor length

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

wifi: mt76: mt76x02: do not WARN on invalid rx descriptor length

The MPDU length in the rx descriptor comes from the hardware. In monitor mode with the fcsfail filter enabled, the hardware passes up corrupted frames, and a corrupted frame can report a length larger than the received buffer. The bounds check correctly discards such frames, but its WARN_ON_ONCE wrapper means any over-the-air garbage frame taints the kernel, and panics it on the first such frame when panic_on_warn is set.

Drop the WARN and discard the frame silently, matching what commit c2d4c8723dbf ("mt76x2: remove some harmless WARN_ONs in tx status and rx path") did for the neighboring rx and tx status paths.

Observed immediately on rx with an MT7612U in fcsfail monitor mode on a busy channel.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to 61b1f6d92249bc34580ff19de7c69c805f82adca (excl.)
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to c65bbfc730df9ebf0fea8e286b0ad2dfab03dbfe (excl.)
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to d55e7aede542c4c76ead82d37d0c112f21eb2ac2 (excl.)
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to b6e7958602bd1acdb8ae92703b6689a28bcc9bc0 (excl.)
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to 2d31e332c13b1db7745a7bd9cf74bc105524bcac (excl.)
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to 17d6b89e09eac2d90272fceeba3644e92212e02f (excl.)
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to 6def491fe9c4e83aa8cba62d74e9d4ab751ee967 (excl.)
  • affected from 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa to 81497634d9f872fd3e8b03aada55574afff6f174 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.16 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.270 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.221 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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