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CVE-2026-97517

wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation

N/A
Published: September 24, 2026 at 04:05 PM UTC
Updated: October 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
5.7 ≤ v < 6.1.1895.7 ≤ v < 6.12.1115.7 ≤ v < 6.18.535.7 ≤ v < 6.6.1585.7 ≤ v < 7.25.77e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84

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