CVE-2026-53257

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency Xiang Mei reports that mac80211 could crash if eht_cap is set but eht_oper isn't. Rather than fixing that for the individual user(s), enforce that both HE/EHT have consistent elements.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-25

Updated: 2026-06-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00151