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CVE-2026-53257

wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency Xiang Mei reports that mac80211 could crash if eht_cap is set but eht_oper isn't. Rather than fixing that for the individual user(s), enforce that both HE/EHT have consistent elements.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb to < afe815a67ec8f2fd03c261fb64f5cde7eb05c17aaffected
  • 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb to < 0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7aaffected
  • 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb to < cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dcaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.16affected
  • 0 to < 6.16unaffected
  • 6.18.57 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.13 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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