CVE-2026-97517 in Linux

Zusammenfassung

von MITRE • 24.09.2026

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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• Zuständig: Linux
• Reservieren: 24.09.2026
• Veröffentlichung: 24.09.2026
• Moderieren: akzeptiert
• Eintrag: VDB-409688
• CPE: bereit
• CWE: CWE-20 (bestätigt)
• CVSS: 7.5 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: nein
• Aktivitäten: very low
• Sektor: Energy, Transportation, ...

Quellen

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97517
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97517
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-97517/