{"id":"CVE-2026-98328","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len\n\nThe HE 6 GHz Band Capability element is in the probe request for\nevery band if 6 GHz is supported, so add the size to scan_ies_len.\n\nOtherwise, building probe request elements can fail, triggering the\nWARN_ON in __ieee80211_start_scan().","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T08:46:21.099Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:17:38.625Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.8","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.54","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.8","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/main.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:43.249Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98328.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98328","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-06T08:46:21.099Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:17:38.625Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.341Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len\n\nThe HE 6 GHz Band Capability element is in the probe request for\nevery band if 6 GHz is supported, so add the size to scan_ies_len.\n\nOtherwise, building probe request elements can fail, triggering the\nWARN_ON in __ieee80211_start_scan()."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77","status":"affected","lessThan":"cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.8","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.54","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.8","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/main.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:17:38.625Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.189"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.112"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.54"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}