{"cve":"CVE-2026-80641","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-28T08:16:49.003","modified":"2026-08-28T08:16:49.003","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: wlcore: enable the right set of ciphers\n\nThe firmware version number check for IGTK introduced in\ncommit c34dbc5900b0 (\"wifi: wlcore: Add support for IGTK key\")\n\nlets the amount of ciphers decrease on every boot of a too old firmware and\nthat is practically happening. It also does not take into account other\nchips than the wl18xx. On some wl128x, the following can be observed\nwhen connecting via nm to a common ap:\n\n[  484.113311] wlcore: WARNING could not set keys\n[  484.117828] wlcore: ERROR Could not add or replace key\n[  484.123016] wlan0: failed to set key (5, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) to hardware (-5)\n[  484.123046] wlcore: Hardware recovery in progress. FW ver: Rev 7.3.10.0.142\n[  484.139923] wlcore: pc: 0x0, hint_sts: 0x00000048 count: 1\n[  484.145721] wlcore: down\n[  484.148986] ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested\n[  484.610473] wlcore: firmware booted (Rev 7.3.10.0.142)\n[  484.633758] wlcore: Association completed.\n[  484.690490] wlcore: ERROR command execute failure 14\n[  484.690490] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[  484.700195] WARNING: drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c:872 at wl12xx_queue_recovery_work+0x64/0x74 [wlcore], CPU#0: kworker/0:0/892\n\nThis repeats endlessly.\nAlways disable IGTK on wl12xx and fix the decrementing mess.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7495adaa0e45e180f4b6b7436675c6266edff1ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff9748200698e9641f41ba922ffef728167807c2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:50:50.842544443+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-80641","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.0956,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}