{"id":"CVE-2026-97517","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation\n\nThe HE operation element not only needs to be longer than\nthe fixed part, but also have an appropriate size for the…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation\n\nThe HE operation element not only needs to be longer than\nthe fixed part, but also have an appropriate size for the…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 < 6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909","Linux >= 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 < 8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84","Linux >= 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 < 6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50","Linux >= 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 < 0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900","Linux >= 7e8d6f12bb2a729290ebb0096248ea46d2868fc6 < 8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768","Linux 5.7"],"published":"2026-09-24","updated":"2026-10-03","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-03T11:18:00.950","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97517","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d635f0b4a634eb599ed13a87ece0b5f129f9900","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c4bb5450b9d9111faaaba581ea45a3a79844e50","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e24f72985782013bf2feb0f0712b2ac9390e909","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b9a100e1a76c52988b31099b349fd95a58c8768","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe5eb7b68d76b3801409ada7365c67696e7af84","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97517.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97517"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540523"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97517"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97517"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97517.mbox"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00156,"epssPercentile":0.04725,"cvssSource":"vendor","ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T16:47:15.858Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97517","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation\n\nThe HE operation element not only needs to be longer than\nthe fixed part, but also have an appropriate size for the\nvariable part inside of it. Check this.\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 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, … · updated 2026-10-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97517.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":212547,"id":"CVE-2026-97517","ts":1790668209898,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.5"},{"seq":212546,"id":"CVE-2026-97517","ts":1790668209898,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}