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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-64037"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-07-19T15:39:25.435Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:28:10.404Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64037"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64037.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64037"
title: "wifi: iwlwifi: mld: fix TSO segmentation explosion when AMSDU is disabled"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: mld: fix TSO segmentation explosion when AMSDU is disabled\n\nWhen the TLC notification disables AMSDU for a TID, the MLD driver sets\nmax_tid_amsdu_len to the sentinel value 1. The TSO segmentation path in\niwl_mld_tx_tso_segment() checks for zero but not for this sentinel,\nallowing it to reach the num_subframes calculation:\n\n  num_subframes = (max_tid_amsdu_len + pad) / (subf_len + pad)\n                = (1 + 2) / (1534 + 2) = 0\n\nThis zero propagates to iwl_tx_tso_segment() which sets:\n\n  gso_size = num_subframes * mss = 0\n\nCalling skb_gso_segment() with gso_size=0 creates over 32000 tiny\nsegments from a single GSO skb. This floods the TX ring with ~1024\nmicro-frames (the rest are purged), creating a massive burst of TX\ncompletion events that can lead to memory corruption and a subsequent\nuse-after-free in TCP's retransmit queue (refcount underflow in\ntcp_shifted_skb, NULL deref in tcp_rack_detect_loss).\n\nThe MVM driver is immune because it checks mvmsta-\u003eamsdu_enabled before\nreaching the num_subframes calculation. The MLD driver has no equivalent\nbitmap check and relies solely on max_tid_amsdu_len, which does not\ncatch the sentinel value.\n\nFix this by detecting the sentinel value (max_tid_amsdu_len == 1) at the\nexisting check and falling back to non-AMSDU TSO segmentation. Also add\na WARN_ON_ONCE guard after the num_subframes division as defense-in-depth\nto catch any future code paths that produce zero through a different\nmechanism."
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