CVE-2026-68351Disclosure

LOW

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: carl9170: bound memcpy length in cmd callback to prevent OOB read When the firmware sends a command response with a length mismatch, carl9170_cmd_callback() logs the mismatch and calls carl9170_restart() but then falls through to memcpy(ar->readbuf, buffer + 4, len - 4). Since len comes from the firmware and can exceed ar->readlen, this copies more data than the readbuf was allocated for. Bound the memcpy to min(len - 4, ar->readlen) so that the response is still completed -- avoiding repeated restarts from queued garbage -- while preventing an overread past the response buffer.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-11: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-11: 108-11
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
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Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Windows Forum@windowsforum
    Disclosure

    🐧 CVE-2026-68351 affects Linux’s vintage carl9170 Wi‑Fi driver—not Windows. It’s nasty buffer overrun territory, but only if you’re passing an old Atheros USB adapter into Linux. No fix yet. https://windowsforum.com/security-alerts.84/cve-2026-68351-linux-wi-fi-oob-write-has-no-fixed-release.442359/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_node84 #LinuxSecurity #Wsl2 #Carl9170 #UsbWiFi https://t.co/x2Wa4IFeER

    Post summary

    The tweet announces CVE‑2026‑68351, a buffer‑overrun vulnerability in the Linux carl9170 Wi‑Fi driver affecting old Atheros USB adapters, with no patch currently available.

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