---
id: CVE-2026-46163
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: b43legacy: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in RX path

  Same fix as b43: the firmware-controlled key index in b43legacy_rx()
  can exceed dev->max_nr_keys…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: b43legacy: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in RX path

  Same fix as b43: the firmware-controlled key index in b43legacy_rx()
  can exceed dev->max_nr_keys…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-129
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 2.6.24, < 5.10.258'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.209'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.175'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.140'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.88'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.30'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.7'
  - linux_kernel = 7.1
patched:
  - linux_kernel 7.0.7
published: '2026-05-28'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T02:19:47.423'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46163'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1baaeb6adecb9691748c0253dab6ddd19a2b4e9e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4242db36de99de734cc1f60e5edd86cda7e598c6'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ee946077607d7783ae6709a899213fc4fe08f35'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d1bc155802943e92c57a5fb923d23edfbf0b525'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a035766f970bde2d4298346a31a80685be5c0205'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a92bd0503df2488f2cc040f329ebccff1c1934cb'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df805c1d085b7a96077f0964185764c87060950d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd4e51979f42ca8b1ab7e6176b607e1caabf2a5'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00176
epssPercentile: 0.06623
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.892Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: b43legacy: enforce bounds check on firmware key index in RX path

Same fix as b43: the firmware-controlled key index in b43legacy_rx()
can exceed dev->max_nr_keys. The existing B43legacy_WARN_ON is
non-enforcing in production builds, allowing an out-of-bounds read of
dev->key[].

Make the check enforcing by dropping the frame for invalid indices.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 2.6.24, < 5.10.258`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.209`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.175`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.140`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.88`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.30`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.7`
- `linux_kernel = 7.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 7.0.7`