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

wifi: iwlwifi: bound aligned TLV advance in FW parser

Validate ALIGN(tlv_len, 4) against remaining parser length before
consuming bytes from the firmware image.

This avoids length underflow on malformed TLVs.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4817-1 linux-6.12 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4841-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6528-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8961-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:15:00 +0000


Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-188

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-191
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-188

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: bound aligned TLV advance in FW parser Validate ALIGN(tlv_len, 4) against remaining parser length before consuming bytes from the firmware image. This avoids length underflow on malformed TLVs.
Title wifi: iwlwifi: bound aligned TLV advance in FW parser
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-03T10:57:24.712Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T17:59:28.788Z

Link: CVE-2026-93789

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:11.593

Modified: 2026-10-03T11:17:48.563

Link: CVE-2026-93789

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-93789 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T16:30:03Z

Weaknesses