Key-byte disclosure via off-by-one dump sanitization
Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026
Information disclosure in Linux Foundation Linux Kernel iwlwifi allows local users to read a key byte from transmit-FIFO dumps. The iwl_mvm_frob_txf_key_iter() function starts overwriting a matched key one byte too early, leaving its final byte unredacted. Exposure requires the old transmit API and access to a dump containing a matched key; the established disclosure is a key fragment, not a complete key.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Linux Foundation Linux Kernel iwlwifi allows local users to read a key byte from transmit-FIFO dumps. The iwl_mvm_frob_txf_key_iter() function starts overwriting a matched key one byte too early, leaving its final byte unredacted. Exposure requires the old transmit API and access to a dump containing a matched key; the established disclosure is a key fragment, not a complete key.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-93064
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2026
- Vendor
- Linux Foundation
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Sep 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=12d60c1efc29e19f4dc0dc70cd48ce097fce6447 <1af000d75b1c96f7cbdf23f14d0ee1c51b12f8e6
- Affected versionversion=12d60c1efc29e19f4dc0dc70cd48ce097fce6447 <2a77cb320e3998afa5e1ed0e95908b226aae9ed6
- Affected versionversion=12d60c1efc29e19f4dc0dc70cd48ce097fce6447 <4c582ed61325135f841ca93667d7551a8e31e58d
- Affected versionversion=12d60c1efc29e19f4dc0dc70cd48ce097fce6447 <5bcc933c6d47d795dab27458b9001c2d97130fd3
- Affected versionversion=12d60c1efc29e19f4dc0dc70cd48ce097fce6447 <c9d8641aea01c3b2516483e128e1f557cfbcf44a
- Affected versionversion=12d60c1efc29e19f4dc0dc70cd48ce097fce6447 <f6a6c01cbc046f68e6916a7e047a1bc881c8c9ab
- Affected versionversion=5.16
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