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CVE-2026-98328

wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len The HE 6 GHz Band Capability element is in the probe request for every band if 6 GHz is supported, so add the size to scan_ies_len. Otherwise, building probe request elements can fail, triggering the WARN_ON in __ieee80211_start_scan().

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 · fixed in db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853; From 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 · fixed in be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8; From 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 · fixed in 8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a; From 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 · fixed in ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79; From 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 · fixed in 9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb; From 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 · fixed in cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515

  • Linux Linux

    5.8

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.8.0 · fixed in 6.1.189; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.158; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.112; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.54; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.8

References 6

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