CVE-2026-97517

high

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00155