CVE-2026-64037

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64037
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64037.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-64037
Downstream
Published
2026-07-19T15:39:25Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:30:10Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: fix TSO segmentation explosion when AMSDU is disabled
Details

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mld: fix TSO segmentation explosion when AMSDU is disabled

When the TLC notification disables AMSDU for a TID, the MLD driver sets max_tid_amsdu_len to the sentinel value 1. The TSO segmentation path in iwl_mld_tx_tso_segment() checks for zero but not for this sentinel, allowing it to reach the num_subframes calculation:

num_subframes = (max_tid_amsdu_len + pad) / (subf_len + pad) = (1 + 2) / (1534 + 2) = 0

This zero propagates to iwl_tx_tso_segment() which sets:

gso_size = num_subframes * mss = 0

Calling skb_gso_segment() with gso_size=0 creates over 32000 tiny segments from a single GSO skb. This floods the TX ring with ~1024 micro-frames (the rest are purged), creating a massive burst of TX completion events that can lead to memory corruption and a subsequent use-after-free in TCP's retransmit queue (refcount underflow in tcp_shifted_skb, NULL deref in tcp_rack_detect_loss).

The MVM driver is immune because it checks mvmsta->amsdu_enabled before reaching the num_subframes calculation. The MLD driver has no equivalent bitmap check and relies solely on max_tid_amsdu_len, which does not catch the sentinel value.

Fix this by detecting the sentinel value (max_tid_amsdu_len == 1) at the existing check and falling back to non-AMSDU TSO segmentation. Also add a WARN_ON_ONCE guard after the num_subframes division as defense-in-depth to catch any future code paths that produce zero through a different mechanism.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/64xxx/CVE-2026-64037.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b
Fixed
9e360e610a73f62432e986775023d5382773f045
Fixed
cbe1c8245e4469d1aa6e12e5d913611376d23788
Fixed
92cee08dc4f00e77fd1317e4343c5d458b0abab7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64037.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.15.0
Fixed
6.18.34
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.0.11

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64037.json"