Not yet scoredPublished Feb 14, 2026

CVE-2025-71224wifi: mac80211: ocb: skip rx_no_sta when interface is not joined

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 2:30 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: ocb: skip rx_no_sta when interface is not joined ieee80211_ocb_rx_no_sta() assumes a valid channel context, which is only present after JOIN_OCB. RX may run before JOIN_OCB is executed, in which case the OCB interface is not operational. Skip RX peer handling when the interface is not joined to avoid warnings in the RX path.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 239281f803e2efdb77d906ef296086b6917e5d71 before fcc768760df08337525cde28e8460e36f9855af8; from 239281f803e2efdb77d906ef296086b6917e5d71 before b04c75366a5471ae2dd7f4c33b7f1e2c08b9b32d; 239281f803e2efdb77d906ef296086b6917e5d71 builds before 8fd1c63e016893b7f6c1cf799410da4eaa98c090; from 239281f803e2efdb77d906ef296086b6917e5d71 before ffe1e19c3b0e5b9eb9e04fad4bce7d1dc407fd77; from 239281f803e2efdb77d906ef296086b6917e5d71 before 536447521b3b9be1975c7f1db9054bdf2ab779cb; from 239281f803e2efdb77d906ef296086b6917e5d71 before e0bd226804f8e0098711042c93d64f3b720b36c0; from 239281f803e2efdb77d906ef296086b6917e5d71 before ff4071c60018a668249dc6a2df7d16330543540e	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcc768760df08337525cde28e8460e36f9855af8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b04c75366a5471ae2dd7f4c33b7f1e2c08b9b32d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fd1c63e016893b7f6c1cf799410da4eaa98c090
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffe1e19c3b0e5b9eb9e04fad4bce7d1dc407fd77
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/536447521b3b9be1975c7f1db9054bdf2ab779cb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0bd226804f8e0098711042c93d64f3b720b36c0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff4071c60018a668249dc6a2df7d16330543540e

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