---
id: CVE-2026-97500
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE

  Hardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser
  might access out of range
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE

  Hardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser
  might 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
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE

Hardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser
might access out of range. Check the length ahead.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **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)