Not yet scoredPublished Oct 6, 2026

CVE-2026-98328wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len The HE 6 GHz Band Capability element is in the probe request for every band if 6 GHz is supported, so add the size to scan_ies_len. Otherwise, building probe request elements can fail, triggering the WARN_ON in __ieee80211_start_scan().

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 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 before db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853; from 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 before be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8; from 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 before 8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a; from 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 before ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79; from 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 before 9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb; from 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 before cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515

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