Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2026

CVE-2026-97517

Description

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 products

Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900nvd
git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50nvd
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768nvd

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