{"cve":"CVE-2026-68471","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:20:05.433","modified":"2026-10-21T13:19:31.950","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ieee80211: validate MLE common info length\n\nieee80211_mle_common_size() uses the first common-info octet as the\ncommon information length for all known MLE types. However,\nieee80211_mle_size_ok() only validates that octet for Basic, Probe\nRequest, and TDLS MLEs.\n\nReconfiguration MLEs also skipped the length octet when calculating the\nminimum common size, and Priority Access MLEs skipped validation of the\nadvertised common information length.\n\nAccount for the Reconfiguration common-info length octet and validate\nthe advertised common information length for all known MLE types. Keep\nunknown-type handling unchanged.\n\n[remove now misleading comment]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181b46e76a218e9345ed7c4cf59dfa69278e4a06","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22941b5c5c46e61a7053e5f32f260f2bc39da617","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/293baeae9b2434a3e432629d7720b5603db2d77e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b1589fd9a076727a73bfb39e96622a76415ad32","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90576bd6921a91eb038bffbb4b9467c2dc26aa1d"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-68471","score":0.00343,"percentile":0.27517,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}