CVE-2026-64037
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: fix TSO segmentation explosion when AMSDU is disabled
When the TLC notification disables AMSDU for a TID, the MLD driver sets
maxtidamsdu_len to the sentinel value 1. The TSO segmentation path in
iwlmldtxtsosegment() checks for zero but not for this sentinel,
allowing it to reach the num_subframes calculation:
numsubframes = (maxtidamsdulen + pad) / (subf_len + pad)
= (1 + 2) / (1534 + 2) = 0
This zero propagates to iwltxtso_segment() which sets:
gsosize = numsubframes * mss = 0
Calling skbgsosegment() with gso_size=0 creates over 32000 tiny
segments from a single GSO skb. This floods the TX ring with ~1024
micro-frames (the rest are purged), creating a massive burst of TX
completion events that can lead to memory corruption and a subsequent
use-after-free in TCP's retransmit queue (refcount underflow in
tcpshiftedskb, NULL deref in tcprackdetect_loss).
The MVM driver is immune because it checks mvmsta->amsdu_enabled before
reaching the num_subframes calculation. The MLD driver has no equivalent
bitmap check and relies solely on maxtidamsdu_len, which does not
catch the sentinel value.
Fix this by detecting the sentinel value (maxtidamsdu_len == 1) at the
existing check and falling back to non-AMSDU TSO segmentation. Also add
a WARNONONCE guard after the num_subframes division as defense-in-depth
to catch any future code paths that produce zero through a different
mechanism.
Package Versions Affected
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Related Resources
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92cee08dc4f00e77fd1317e4343c5d458b0abab7, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e360e610a73f62432e986775023d5382773f045, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbe1c8245e4469d1aa6e12e5d913611376d23788, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/64xxx/CVE-2026-64037.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64037, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git