CVE-2026-97517

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50affected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900affected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.12.111affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.18.53affected
LinuxLinux6.12.111 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.53 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References