CVE-2026-64176
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix driver-set TX rates on old devices
Published:
7/19/2026
Last updated:
8/5/2026
Reserved:
7/19/2026
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.
CNA assigner:
Linux (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Requested by:
n/a
Products affected (4)
| Product |
Vendor |
Version |
| Linux |
Linux
|
15.9(3)M4
|
| Linux |
Linux
|
15.9(3)M3b
|
| Linux |
Linux
|
n/a
|
| Linux |
Linux
|
< 134.0.6998.35
|