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CVE-2026-97517

wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation

Description

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.

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

  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to < 6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to < 8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to < 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to < 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to < 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.7affected
  • 0 to < 5.7unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References