{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22978 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-22978 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-22978 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-22978 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22978 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22978/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22978/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-22978","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22978/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-22978","record":{"aliases":["AZL-78452","BELL-CVE-2026-22978","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-22978","GHSA-gj23-c8mg-cv5r","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-22978","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-22978","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-22978"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can read uninitialized kernel memory via the iw_point structure, potentially exposing sensitive kernel data.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":3.3,"severity":"low","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point","id":"CVE-2026-22978","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"net: fix memory leak in skb_segment_list for GRO packets","id":"CVE-2026-22979"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net: sock: fix hardened usercopy panic in sock_recv_errqueue","id":"CVE-2026-22977"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-01-23","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A local attacker can read uninitialized kernel memory via the iw_point structure, potentially exposing sensitive kernel data.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22978/"}