Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-63869
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: limit injected antenna index in ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap When parsing the radiotap header of an injected frame, ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap() uses the IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA value directly as a shift count: info->control.antennas |= BIT(*iterator.this_arg); *iterator.this_arg is an 8-bit value taken straight from the frame supplied by userspace, so BIT() can be asked to shift by up to 255. That is undefined behaviour on the unsigned long and is reported by UBSAN: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/mac80211/tx.c:2174:30 shift exponent 235 is too large for 64-bit type 'unsigned long' Call Trace: ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap+0xadb/0x1950 net/mac80211/tx.c:2174 ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit+0xb1f/0x1250 net/mac80211/tx.c:2451 ... packet_sendmsg+0x3eb6/0x50f0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3109 info->control.antennas is a 2-bit bitmap (u8 antennas:2), so only antenna indices 0 and 1 can ever be represented. Ignore any larger value instead of shifting out of bounds.
EPSS: 0.002 (13.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.
Affected products
- Linux — versions ef246a1480cc484cd2aeda75737cb0848616ddf3, 6.7, 0
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-63869?
- CVE-2026-63869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2026-07-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-63869?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.