CVE-2026-97517 in Linux

Résumé

par 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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• Responsable: Linux
• Réserver: 24/09/2026
• Divulgation: 24/09/2026
• Modérer: accepté
• Entrée: VDB-409688
• CPE: prêt
• CWE: CWE-20 (confirmé)
• CVSS: 7.5 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: non
• Activités: très faible
• Secteur: Hostingprovider, Government, ...

Sources

• 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/