CVE-2026-22978
Published: Jan 23, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point struct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches. struct iw_point { void __user *pointer; /* Pointer to the data (in user space) */ __u16 length; /* number of fields or size in bytes */ __u16 flags; /* Optional params */ }; Make sure to zero the structure to avoid disclosing 32bits of kernel data to user space.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 87de87d5e47f94b4ea647a5bd1bc8dc1f7930db4 - < d943b5f592767b107ba8c12a902f17431350378caffected 87de87d5e47f94b4ea647a5bd1bc8dc1f7930db4 - < a3827e310b5a73535646ef4a552d53b3c8bf74f6affected 87de87d5e47f94b4ea647a5bd1bc8dc1f7930db4 - < 442ceac0393185e9982323f6682a52a53e8462b1affected 87de87d5e47f94b4ea647a5bd1bc8dc1f7930db4 - < d21ec867d84c9f3a9845d7d8c90c9ce35dbe48f8affected 87de87d5e47f94b4ea647a5bd1bc8dc1f7930db4 - < 024f71a57d563fbe162e528c8bf2d27e9cac7c7b+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.27unaffected 0 - < 2.6.27unaffected 5.10.248 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.198 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.161 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
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