CVE-2026-46271 in Linux

Summary

by MITRE • 06/03/2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath12k: do WoW offloads only on primary link

In case of multi-link connection, WCN7850 firmware crashes due to WoW offloads enabled on both primary and secondary links.

Change to do it only on primary link to fix it.

Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00284-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1

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• Responsible: Linux
• Reservation: 05/13/2026
• Disclosure: 06/03/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-368211
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-404 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.7 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00017
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Hospital, Agriculture, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46271
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46271
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-46271/