{"cve":"CVE-2026-74409","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:42.950","modified":"2026-10-16T20:17:26.420","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: add bounds check on firmware mac_id in link lookup\n\nThe mac_id field in RX descriptors is 8 bits wide (0-255), but\nassoc_link_on_macid[] has only RTW89_MAX_MAC_ID_NUM (128) entries.\nWhile the driver currently assigns mac_id values below 128, the\ndescriptor value comes from firmware and is not validated before use\nas an array index. Add a defensive bounds check in\nrtw89_assoc_link_rcu_dereference() to guard against out-of-range\nfirmware values.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d88244bb129755acca696f9227200f4a2d106a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/920101305e7601a33b9e01019f4ca526af2526ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad445de67359f24088d4305c05fbd7e34c4e35e3"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:49:10.689564601+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-74409","score":0.00375,"percentile":0.31195,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}