CVE-2026-97517

wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation

cve-program · severity unknownCVSS unknownCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

cve-program · CVE-2026-97517

Published

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.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-97517

Published

Linux

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "net/wireless/nl80211.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6",
                            "lessThan": "6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6",
                            "lessThan": "8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6",
                            "lessThan": "6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6",
                            "lessThan": "0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6",
                            "lessThan": "8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                }

Linux

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "net/wireless/nl80211.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "5.7",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "5.7",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.1.189",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.6.158",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.12.111",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.53",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.2",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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