HarborGuard / CVE
Back to search
HIGHCVE-2026-31552Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-31552: wifi: wlcore: Return -ENOMEM instead of -EAGAIN if there is not enough headroom

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wlcore: Return -ENOMEM instead of -EAGAIN if there is not enough headroom Since upstream commit e75665dd0968 ("wifi: wlcore: ensure skb headroom before skb_push"), wl1271_tx_allocate() and with it wl1271_prepare_tx_frame() returns -EAGAIN if pskb_expand_head() fails. However, in wlcore_tx_work_locked(), a return value of -EAGAIN from wl1271_prepare_tx_frame() is interpreted as the aggregation buffer being full. This causes the code to flush the buffer, put the skb back at the head of the queue, and immediately retry the same skb in a tight while loop. Because wlcore_tx_work_locked() holds wl->mutex, and the retry happens immediately with GFP_ATOMIC, this will result in an infinite loop and a CPU soft lockup. Return -ENOMEM instead so the packet is dropped and the loop terminates. The problem was found by an experimental code review agent based on gemini-3.1-pro while reviewing backports into v6.18.y.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.5
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

012f9eef39e49716c763714bfda835a733d5f6dea46c670ff1ff466e5eccb3940f726586473dc053c5.10.2535.15.2036.1.1676.6.1306.12.786.18.206.19.107.0980f793645540ca7a6318165cc12f49d5febeb99a6dc74209462c4fe5a88718d2f3a5286886081c8ceb46b40b021d21911ff8608ce4ed33c1264ad2fcfa64e2b3717be1da7c4c1aff7268a009e8c1610deb353d9bb009638b7762cae2d0b6e8fdbb41a69f2c06d718a7b85cbc59ceaa2ff3f46b178ac709c
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < 980f793645540ca7a6318165cc12f49d5febeb99 (from 88295a55fefe5414e64293638b6f7549646e58ed) · < 12f9eef39e49716c763714bfda835a733d5f6dea (from cd89a4656c03f8db0c57350aaec69cd3cfaa3522) · < ceb46b40b021d21911ff8608ce4ed33c1264ad2f (from 745a0810dbc96a0471e5f5e627ba1e978c3116d4) · < a6dc74209462c4fe5a88718d2f3a5286886081c8 (from b167312390fdd461c81ead516f2b0b44e83a9edb) · < cfa64e2b3717be1da7c4c1aff7268a009e8c1610 (from 71de0b6e04bbee5575caf9a1e4d424e7dcc50018) · < 46c670ff1ff466e5eccb3940f726586473dc053c (from 689a7980e4788e13e766763d53569fb78dea2513)
  • Linux / Linux
    6.19
    Fixed in 0, 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H