{"id":"CVE-2026-97500","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE\n\nHardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser\nmight access out of range","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE\n\nHardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser\nmight access out of range. Check the…","severity":"medium","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd < 72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693","Linux >= e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd < 213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf","Linux >= e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd < 98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da","Linux >= e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd < 884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91","Linux 5.16"],"published":"2026-09-24","updated":"2026-10-03","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-03T11:17:59.740","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97500","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97500.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97500"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540462"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97500"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97500"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97500.mbox"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00156,"epssPercentile":0.0473,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T16:47:15.865Z","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":["CWE-125"],"slug":"CVE-2026-97500","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE\n\nHardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser\nmight access out of range. Check the length ahead.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-10-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97500.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":224274,"id":"CVE-2026-97500","ts":1792325066421,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.5"},{"seq":224273,"id":"CVE-2026-97500","ts":1792325066421,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}