CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-53257

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-06-25 Modified 2026-10-15 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-06-25
Last modified
2026-10-15
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.16 < 7.0.13) • linux linux kernel 7.1

References