CVE-2026-97517

CVE-2026-97517

published September 24, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00156 · 4.4th percentile
Published
2026-09-24T21:17Z
References (5)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 SEP 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 24 SEP 16:05Z
    wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation
    cvelistv5