{"id":"CVE-2026-22978","summary":"wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point\n\nstruct iw_point has a 32bit hole on 64bit arches.\n\nstruct iw_point {\n  void __user   *pointer;       /* Pointer to the data  (in user space) */\n  __u16         length;         /* number of fields or size in bytes */\n  __u16         flags;          /* Optional params */\n};\n\nMake sure to zero the structure to avoid disclosing 32bits of kernel data\nto user space.","modified":"2026-03-31T17:29:39.884555Z","published":"2026-01-23T15:24:00.482Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20555-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20615-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1","openSUSE-SU-2026:20287-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22978.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/024f71a57d563fbe162e528c8bf2d27e9cac7c7b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21cbf883d073abbfe09e3924466aa5e0449e7261"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/442ceac0393185e9982323f6682a52a53e8462b1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3827e310b5a73535646ef4a552d53b3c8bf74f6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d21ec867d84c9f3a9845d7d8c90c9ce35dbe48f8"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d943b5f592767b107ba8c12a902f17431350378c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3c35177103ead4658b8a62f41e3080d45885464"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22978.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22978"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"87de87d5e47f94b4ea647a5bd1bc8dc1f7930db4"},{"fixed":"d943b5f592767b107ba8c12a902f17431350378c"},{"fixed":"a3827e310b5a73535646ef4a552d53b3c8bf74f6"},{"fixed":"442ceac0393185e9982323f6682a52a53e8462b1"},{"fixed":"d21ec867d84c9f3a9845d7d8c90c9ce35dbe48f8"},{"fixed":"024f71a57d563fbe162e528c8bf2d27e9cac7c7b"},{"fixed":"e3c35177103ead4658b8a62f41e3080d45885464"},{"fixed":"21cbf883d073abbfe09e3924466aa5e0449e7261"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-22978.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}