CVE-2026-97500wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE Hardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser might access out of range. Check the length ahead.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 3, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd before 72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693; from e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd before 213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf; from e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd before 98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da; from e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd before 884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91
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