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CVE-2026-68353: wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.28% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 0e0fc04af9b443c6b425f00fb604ff599bc80d1d, 289edc3c71344b89e6522891147cfb8f61b088bb, 35196a07603f8c94a4943093bc26d5b5826285f8; azl3 kernel 6.6.143.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.150.1-1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0e0fc04af9b443c6b425f00fb604ff599bc80d1d, 289edc3c71344b89e6522891147cfb8f61b088bb, 35196a07603f8c94a4943093bc26d5b5826285f8; azl3 kernel 6.6.143.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.150.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware num_msg in TX complete handler The firmware-controlled num_msg field (u8, 0-255) drives the loop in ath6kl_wmi_tx_complete_event_rx() without validation against the buffer length. This allows out-of-bounds reads of up to 1020 bytes past the WMI event buffer when the firmware sends an inflated num_msg. Add a check that the buffer is large enough to hold the fixed struct and the num_msg variable-length entries.

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 21th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Linux
8.1
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 3.2affected
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before 5297299c3fa6133275db0be99d69cd759b6cbfe9affected · git
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before 35196a07603f8c94a4943093bc26d5b5826285f8affected · git
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before 0e0fc04af9b443c6b425f00fb604ff599bc80d1daffected · git
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before 69ac7ba3a3df6654e7daa82674575a8c4a1a63eaaffected · git
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before 289edc3c71344b89e6522891147cfb8f61b088bbaffected · git
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before eb636fbc443149b3501c3f97e26225ddcb314a0faffected · git
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before c38b0d5c661951b5dd082bdf31f8a57a0ce6e540affected · git
    • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 and later · before 3a21c89215cc18f1a97c5e5bfd1da6d4f3d44495affected · git
    • before 3.2not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.187-16.1.187-1
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.101-1~deb12u16.12.101-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.101-16.12.101-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.1.6-17.1.6-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-74705udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-74612veth: fix skb length accounting after XDP frag adjustment
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-74475vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-68348Aug 10, 2026 · ASoC: tas2781: bound firmware description string parsing
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-68352Aug 10, 2026 · wifi: ath6kl: fix OOB read from firmware IE lengths in connect event
    33Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-68354Aug 10, 2026 · firewire: net: Fix fragmented datagram reassembly
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux0e0fc04af9b443c6b425f00fb604ff599bc80d1dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux289edc3c71344b89e6522891147cfb8f61b088bbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux35196a07603f8c94a4943093bc26d5b5826285f8Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3a21c89215cc18f1a97c5e5bfd1da6d4f3d44495Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5297299c3fa6133275db0be99d69cd759b6cbfe9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux69ac7ba3a3df6654e7daa82674575a8c4a1a63eaVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc38b0d5c661951b5dd082bdf31f8a57a0ce6e540Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxeb636fbc443149b3501c3f97e26225ddcb314a0fVendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.143.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.150.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.187-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.101-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-681600 days apartceph: fix pre-auth out-of-bounds read on snaptrace in ceph_handle_caps()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-683880 days apartsmb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-680822 days apartlibceph: fix two unsafe bare decodes in decode_lockers()
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-720845 days apartscsi: target: Bound PR-OUT TransportID parsing to the received buffer
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-683430 days apartsmb: client: validate DFS referral PathConsumed
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-6455114 days apartsctp: validate STALE_COOKIE cause length before reading staleness
    36Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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