CVE-2026-64571Patch

LOW

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: p54: validate RX frame length in p54_rx_eeprom_readback() p54_rx_eeprom_readback() copies the requested EEPROM slice out of a device-supplied readback frame without checking that the skb actually holds that many bytes. Commit da1b9a55ff11 ("wifi: p54: prevent buffer-overflow in p54_rx_eeprom_readback()") closed the destination overflow by copying a fixed priv->eeprom_slice_size (and rejecting a mismatched advertised len), but the source side is still unbounded: nothing verifies the frame is long enough to supply that many bytes. A malicious USB device can send a short frame whose advertised len matches priv->eeprom_slice_size while the payload is truncated. The equality check passes and memcpy() reads past the end of the skb, leaking adjacent heap: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in p54_rx (drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c:507) Read of size 1016 at addr ffff88800f077114 by task swapper/0/0 Call Trace: <IRQ> ... __asan_memcpy (mm/kasan/shadow.c:105) p54_rx (drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/txrx.c:507) p54u_rx_cb (drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/p54usb.c:163) __usb_hcd_giveback_urb (drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657) dummy_timer (drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2005) ... </IRQ> The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800f0770c0 which belongs to the cache skbuff_small_head of size 704 The buggy address is located 84 bytes inside of allocated 704-byte region [ffff88800f0770c0, ffff88800f077380) Check that the slice fits in the skb before copying.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-09: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-08-09: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-09: 108-09
Signal classification1 categories
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Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Windows Forum@windowsforum
    Patch

    🐧 Linux admins: patch the legacy p54 Wi‑Fi driver. A malicious USB gadget can fake an adapter and trigger an out-of-bounds read—because even “obsolete” hardware still gets security homework. https://windowsforum.com/security-alerts.84/cve-2026-64571-patch-linux-p54-usb-wi-fi-out-of-bounds-read.442114/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_node84 #UsbSecurity #LinuxSecurity #KernelVulnerabilities #P54Driver https://t.co/HRHwq9fxDK

    Post summary

    The tweet is a security advisory urging Linux administrators to patch the obsolete p54 Wi‑Fi driver (CVE‑2026‑64571) for an out‑of‑bounds read that can be triggered by a counterfeit USB gadget.

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