Not yet scoredPublished Sep 24, 2026

CVE-2026-97517wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:10 AM ET)

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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.

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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 3, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 builds before 6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909; from 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 before 8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84; 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 builds before 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50; 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 builds before 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900; from 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 before 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768	CNA record

References

References

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

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