CVE-2026-53257

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb < 0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7aaffected
LinuxLinux22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb < cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dcaffected
LinuxLinux6.16affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.16unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.13 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References