CVE-2026-53257
wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 6.18.57, 7.0.13
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
From 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb · fixed in afe815a67ec8f2fd03c261fb64f5cde7eb05c17a; From 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb · fixed in 0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a; From 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb · fixed in cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc
- Linux Linux
6.16
- KernelLinux
From 6.16.0 · fixed in 6.18.57; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.0.13