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GHSA-GFF8-2G4X-324X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-25 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-25 09:31

Details

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.

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CVE-2026-53257 (GCVE-0-2026-53257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:39 – Updated: 2026-06-25 08:39

Title

wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5e9ddd7e8e77587…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb9959ab5f99611d2…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb , < 0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a (git) Affected: 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb , < cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-GFF8-2G4X-324X

CVE-2026-53257 (GCVE-0-2026-53257)

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