CVE-2026-97517

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.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-09-24

Modified

2026-10-03

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

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

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