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CVE-2026-64176

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix driver-set TX rates on old devices On old devices such as 7265D, rates are still encoded in version 1 format, which doesn't use the CCK/OFDM rate index (0-3/0-7) but rather their PLCP value (e.g. 10 for 1 Mbps CCK rate.) While introducing v3 rates, I changed the driver from internally handling v1 rates and converting to v2, to internally handling v3 and converting to v1 or v2 according to the firmware. I accordingly changed the code in iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to no longer have different values for different APIs. This was correct. However, I later reverted this part of the change, because it was reported that I had broken beacon rates, causing a FW assert/crash. This caused TX_CMD rates to be set incorrectly, potentially causing a warning when reported back from the device as having been used. Fix this (hopefully correctly now) by handling beacon rates in the TX_CMD that's embedded in the beacon template command separately. Restore iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to return only the rate index, not PLCP value, fixing the real TX_CMD.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-64176
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 07:54 UTC
Published
2026-07-19 15:41 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-20 06:41 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 3592c0083fb29cca13cd9978b8844d58b4eff548 < 6fe92651b44fd3cfc8dcfdaad0e82885c384dada, 3592c0083fb29cca13cd9978b8844d58b4eff548 < 6b58a79f2cd98156856eb49e8b55db5facdd7e6d, 3592c0083fb29cca13cd9978b8844d58b4eff548 < fb84b5cbcaab3ca0f4e961d92a40ed7f3aac483b, c6c14c2b08e9c4c82e1ec39ef3e8b9ec845ac7fd …
Linux Linux 6.18, 0 < 6.18, 6.18.34 ≤ 6.18.*, 7.0.11 ≤ 7.0.* …
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