Medium 5.5Published Sep 25, 2026

CVE-2026-100078wifi: iwlwifi: mei: pass correct argument to function

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 9:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mei: pass correct argument to function The first argument to iwl_mei_write_cyclic_buf() should be the cldev but the q_head pointer is passed instead. Fix it.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	652291601459272d52b6ba12811f0b60b3e6444f builds before 034445e19f12bb8771c58e2ecf1fbd6eac9b5fac; from 652291601459272d52b6ba12811f0b60b3e6444f before f22ad9d1077c83718d9e6c84b71726287c1d1ad3; from 652291601459272d52b6ba12811f0b60b3e6444f before ee91ae7f5815345612d8c0afd5d7efed361bcdb5; 652291601459272d52b6ba12811f0b60b3e6444f builds before 6b7d5abf3e374ca3af31ceb6b9b2efc7a48afde3; 652291601459272d52b6ba12811f0b60b3e6444f builds before 082b353c05b8eaf07e03fc1918c176cd3c216e25; 652291601459272d52b6ba12811f0b60b3e6444f builds before 905f57aefde4f4092a411c8a55856182fb1c7598	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.17 before 6.1.188; from 6.2 before 6.6.157; from 6.7 before 6.12.110; from 6.13 before 6.18.52; from 6.19 before 7.2.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034445e19f12bb8771c58e2ecf1fbd6eac9b5fac	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f22ad9d1077c83718d9e6c84b71726287c1d1ad3	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee91ae7f5815345612d8c0afd5d7efed361bcdb5	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b7d5abf3e374ca3af31ceb6b9b2efc7a48afde3	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/082b353c05b8eaf07e03fc1918c176cd3c216e25	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905f57aefde4f4092a411c8a55856182fb1c7598	patch

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