Linux Kernel up to 7.2.5 ath10k ath10k_snoc_fw_crashed_dump buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as very critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 7.2.5. This impacts the function ath10k_snoc_fw_crashed_dump of the component ath10k. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-90348. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.2.5 and classified as very critical. This issue affects the function ath10k_snoc_fw_crashed_dump of the component ath10k. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath10k: snoc: use memcpy_fromio() for MSA ramdump On WCN3990/SNOC the MSA region is mapped with devm_memremap(MEMREMAP_WT). On arm64 such a mapping is not Normal-cacheable, so unaligned accesses to it are not permitted. ath10k_msa_dump_memory() copies the region with a plain memcpy(), whose optimized __pi_memcpy_generic implementation issues wide/unaligned loads. This triggers an alignment fault (FSC=0x21) Oops in ath10k_snoc_fw_crashed_dump() while collecting the devcoredump: Unable to handle kernel paging request ... FSC=0x21: alignment fault pc : __pi_memcpy_generic lr : ath10k_snoc_fw_crashed_dump [ath10k_snoc] The Oops both leaves the firmware RAM dump buffer zeroed (no dump is captured) and crashes the kernel, which in turn breaks modem SSR recovery. Use memcpy_fromio(), which only performs accesses that are valid for such a device-memory mapping. The generic memcpy_fromio() implementation aligns the source before issuing word-sized reads and stores the destination with put_unaligned(), so it is also safe for the coherent DMA allocation used on the non-reserved-memory path. ath11k and ath12k use the same pattern when copying target memory into crash dumps, so call it unconditionally here too. The MEMREMAP_WT pointer is a plain void *, so an explicit __iomem cast is needed; use __force to keep sparse happy. Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.3.7.c5-00107-QCAHLSWMTPL-1

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-90348 since 09/11/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/17/2026).

Upgrading to version 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6 or 7.3-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e5bc3658da9c8a535e3fa5c0c875b2a456954e81/fed1f662c9f9fd19eeab6c01966b7b5a33804420/838cab267ce9a975776e022f25094f8cbe1625d2/eb946595a58decdb4cab1b5f3c972ae66f41f1c8/152e894e90716163c646d70f86b3afeb70442783/7039825a7479df637c4f5d546cb0e1cec18cd8e1/045d1bfb72d2631ab9ec74afa491aa788ebb57aa/4f25071afe9218aaae1c63fbf75e229aa6405319 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.269
• 5.15.220
• 6.1.187
• 6.6.156
• 6.12.109
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
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• 6.18.46
• 6.18.47
• 6.18.48
• 6.18.49
• 6.18.50
• 6.18.51
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 5.10.270/5.15.221/6.1.188/6.6.157/6.12.110/6.18.52/7.2.6/7.3-rc1
Patch: e5bc3658da9c8a535e3fa5c0c875b2a456954e81/fed1f662c9f9fd19eeab6c01966b7b5a33804420/838cab267ce9a975776e022f25094f8cbe1625d2/eb946595a58decdb4cab1b5f3c972ae66f41f1c8/152e894e90716163c646d70f86b3afeb70442783/7039825a7479df637c4f5d546cb0e1cec18cd8e1/045d1bfb72d2631ab9ec74afa491aa788ebb57aa/4f25071afe9218aaae1c63fbf75e229aa6405319

Timelineinfo

09/11/2026 CVE reserved
09/17/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
09/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-90348 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-90348
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-406877

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2026 21:42
Changes: 09/17/2026 21:42 (59)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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