CVE-2026-97517

CVE-2026-97517: vulnerability in Linux

wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 96% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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 products
Linux · Linux
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84