CVE-2026-64176

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix driver-set TX rates on old devices

On old devices such as 7265D, rates are still encoded in version 1 format, which doesnt use the CCK/OFDM rate index (0-3/0-7) but rather their PLCP value (e.g. 10 for 1 Mbps CCK rate.)

While introducing v3 rates, I changed the driver from internally handling v1 rates and converting to v2, to internally handling v3 and converting to v1 or v2 according to the firmware. I accordingly changed the code in iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to no longer have different values for different APIs. This was correct.

However, I later reverted this part of the change, because it was reported that I had broken beacon rates, causing a FW assert/crash. This caused TX_CMD rates to be set incorrectly, potentially causing a warning when reported back from the device as having been used.

Fix this (hopefully correctly now) by handling beacon rates in the TX_CMD thats embedded in the beacon template command separately. Restore iwl_mvm_mac80211_idx_to_hwrate() to return only the rate index, not PLCP value, fixing the real TX_CMD.

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b58a79f2cd98156856eb49e8b55db5facdd7e6d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe92651b44fd3cfc8dcfdaad0e82885c384dada
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb84b5cbcaab3ca0f4e961d92a40ed7f3aac483b