Riskcovery

CVE-2026-97517

wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Updated
Oct 3, 2026
Reserved
Sep 24, 2026

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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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to before 6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909Affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to before 8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84Affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to before 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50Affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to before 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900Affected
  • 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 to before 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.7Affected
  • before 5.7Not affected
  • 6.1.189 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.158 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.111 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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