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Linux Kernel rtw89 CVE-2026-43213

| EUVD-2026-27775 HIGH
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-05-06 Linux GHSA-g35v-pp28-72vc
7.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
May 08, 2026 - 13:38 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 08, 2026 - 13:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH)
Patch available
May 06, 2026 - 13:32 EUVD
CVE Published
May 06, 2026 - 11:28 nvd
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionNVD

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

wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report

Hardware rarely reports abnormal sequence number in TX release report, which will access out-of-bounds of wd_ring->pages array, causing NULL pointer dereference.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 1085 Comm: irq/129-rtw89_p Tainted: G S U 6.1.145-17510-g2f3369c91536 #1 (HASH:69e8 1) Call Trace: <IRQ> rtw89_pci_release_tx+0x18f/0x300 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)] rtw89_pci_napi_poll+0xc2/0x190 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)] net_rx_action+0xfc/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6578 net/core/dev.c:6645 net/core/dev.c:6759 handle_softirqs+0xbe/0x290 kernel/softirq.c:601 ? rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0xc5/0x350 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)] __local_bh_enable_ip+0xeb/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:499 kernel/softirq.c:423 </IRQ> <TASK> rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0xf8/0x350 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)] ? irq_thread+0xa7/0x340 kernel/irq/manage.c:0 irq_thread+0x177/0x340 kernel/irq/manage.c:1205 kernel/irq/manage.c:1314 ? thaw_kernel_threads+0xb0/0xb0 kernel/irq/manage.c:1202 ? irq_forced_thread_fn+0x80/0x80 kernel/irq/manage.c:1220 kthread+0xea/0x110 kernel/kthread.c:376 ? synchronize_irq+0x1a0/0x1a0 kernel/irq/manage.c:1287 ? kthread_associate_blkcg+0x80/0x80 kernel/kthread.c:331 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295 </TASK>

To prevent crash, validate rpp_info.seq before using.

AnalysisAI

Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel Realtek rtw89 WiFi PCI driver allows adjacent network attackers to trigger kernel crashes via malformed TX release reports with abnormal sequence numbers. The vulnerability causes out-of-bounds array access in wd_ring->pages when hardware reports invalid sequence numbers during wireless transmission operations. …

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RemediationAI

Within 24 hours: Identify systems running Linux kernel versions prior to 6.18.16, 6.19.6, or 7.0 with Realtek rtw89 WiFi drivers using 'ethtool -i' or kernel module inspection. Within 7 days: Apply vendor-released kernel patches (6.18.16, 6.19.6, or 7.0+) to all affected systems through standard change management. …

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