CVE-2026-68411

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68411
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68411.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-68411
Downstream
Published
2026-08-10T12:04:31Z
Modified
2026-08-21T03:30:10Z
Summary
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put
Details

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

wifi: mac80211_hwsim: clamp virtio RX length before skb_put

hwsim_virtio_rx_work() passes the virtqueue used-ring length reported by the device straight to skb_put() on a fixed-size receive skb. A backend reporting a length larger than the skb tailroom drives skb_put() past the buffer end and hits skb_over_panic() -- a host-triggerable guest panic (denial of service).

Clamp the length to the skb's available room before skb_put(). A conforming device never reports more than the posted buffer size, so valid frames are unaffected; a truncated over-report then fails the length/header checks in hwsim_virtio_handle_cmd() and is dropped, so truncating rather than dropping here cannot be turned into a parsing problem.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68411.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
5d44fe7c9808c56e136e59147bd932f5491520f1
Fixed
7f9d678b870fca8eaf1d46fa915cba0b1d5b387a
Fixed
909573d6a9b67354fc0515952574564e7c909c62
Fixed
5779e4a33e1666ddfeba43e96e29c4a9e5254ff0
Fixed
82c5a30a66e2a7337d99476c67d6fc1a99c4250e
Fixed
fade308845c89f784da8a6780c1e77258488f1b6
Fixed
6dc76371a9a360c29de00df5b11563102d9d675a
Fixed
99dc05c75acc3c8cde8d89c5371f4b569de5ac62
Fixed
10a2b430f8f06ae14b9590b6f6faa6b588ef0654

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68411.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.7.0
Fixed
5.10.265
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.216
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.183
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.148
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.101
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.42
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68411.json"