{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-80935","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-26T14:34:25.802Z","datePublished":"2026-09-11T19:42:09.286Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T10:56:19.159Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T10:56:19.159Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: bound the device EEPROM address before the EFUSE copy\n\nmt7996_mcu_get_eeprom() derives the destination of the EFUSE/EXT block\ncopy from the address reported by the MCU response (event->addr, a\ndevice-controlled __le32) and clamps only the copy length, never the\ndestination offset into dev->mt76.eeprom.data. A malicious or\nmalfunctioning device can report an arbitrary address and drive an\nout-of-bounds write of up to MT7996_EXT_EEPROM_BLOCK_SIZE bytes past\neeprom.data.\n\nReject a response whose address would place the copy outside eeprom.data\nbefore deriving the destination pointer. Devices that echo the requested\nin-bounds offset are unaffected."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:A - The OOB copy is driven by a MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MCU EEPROM query response (mt7996/mt7992/mt7990), not a routed IP service; the highest reasonable exposure is an adjacent attacker who can drive malicious firmware or device behavior on the local radio.\nAC:L - A malicious MCU response can set event->valid and an arbitrary event->addr; the host then memcpy's up to MT7996_EXT_EEPROM_BLOCK_SIZE (1024) device-controlled bytes to eeprom.data+addr with no race or other condition beyond attacker control.\nPR:N - MCU EEPROM responses are consumed in mt7996_eeprom_load() during driver bring-up with no OS credential, capability, or Wi-Fi authentication check; an adjacent attacker needs no local account.\nUI:N - The copy runs automatically in mt7996_eeprom_load() during pci_probe/register after firmware load; no victim action such as mounting a filesystem or opening a file is required.\nS:U - The write corrupts host kernel heap around the mt76 EEPROM buffer and is standard kernel memory corruption, not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other crossed security authority.\nC:H - Attacker-controlled destination offset and payload are kernel memory corruption that can overwrite adjacent objects and pointers and be leveraged for information disclosure, so confidentiality impact is high.\nI:H - Up to 1024 bytes of device-controlled data are written at a device-chosen offset past the 7680-byte eeprom.data allocation, an out-of-bounds write primitive that can yield arbitrary kernel writes or control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - An unbounded kernel heap write during EEPROM init can oops, panic, or hang the host, a high availability impact on Wi-Fi 7 APs, routers, and workstations."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c"],"versions":[{"version":"98686cd21624c75a043e96812beadddf4f6f48e5","lessThan":"388f471ca4758f644394b681ce97677a4d0e772c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"98686cd21624c75a043e96812beadddf4f6f48e5","lessThan":"9e5abb5e2ade0b6fd0e47209711115d47a255176","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"98686cd21624c75a043e96812beadddf4f6f48e5","lessThan":"6be59da2063d5b3522bfde8aae0487ec095eb384","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"98686cd21624c75a043e96812beadddf4f6f48e5","lessThan":"13b3c29a782033ce4a230be9e5618032813dbcd4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.52","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.4","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.112"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.52"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388f471ca4758f644394b681ce97677a4d0e772c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5abb5e2ade0b6fd0e47209711115d47a255176"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6be59da2063d5b3522bfde8aae0487ec095eb384"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13b3c29a782033ce4a230be9e5618032813dbcd4"}],"title":"wifi: mt76: mt7996: bound the device EEPROM address before the EFUSE copy","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}