CVE-2026-22978
Estado: AnalizadaBaja (3.3)—
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.
Make sure to zero the structure to avoid disclosing 32bits of kernel data to user space.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
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 */
};CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 3.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.14%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 3
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/024f71a57d563fbe162e528c8bf2d27e9cac7c7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21cbf883d073abbfe09e3924466aa5e0449e7261
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/442ceac0393185e9982323f6682a52a53e8462b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3827e310b5a73535646ef4a552d53b3c8bf74f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d21ec867d84c9f3a9845d7d8c90c9ce35dbe48f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d943b5f592767b107ba8c12a902f17431350378c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3c35177103ead4658b8a62f41e3080d45885464
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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