CVE-2026-97517 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Published on September 24, 2026
wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-97517
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and below 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50 is affected.
- Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and below 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900 is affected.
- Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and below 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768 is affected.
- Before 6.12.111 is affected.
- Before 6.18.53 is affected.
- Version 6.12.111, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.53, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.2, <= * is unaffected.