CVE-2026-97517wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation The HE operation element not only needs to be longer than the fixed part, but also have an appropriate size for the variable part inside of it. Check this.
- 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) | 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 builds before 6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909; from 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 before 8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84; 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 builds before 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50; 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 builds before 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900; from 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 before 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768
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