CVE-2026-22978

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

23/01/2026

Last modified:

26/02/2026

Description

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. 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 */ }; Make sure to zero the structure to avoid disclosing 32bits of kernel data to user space.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

3.30

Severity 3.x

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.27 (including)	5.10.248 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.198 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.161 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.121 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.66 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.18.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2026-22978

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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