CVE-2026-53257

MEDIUM

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

Title source: cna

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 1.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (9)

linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 7.0.13linux

Linux/Linux < 6.16

Linux/Linux 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb - 0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a

Linux/Linux 22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb - cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc

Linux/Linux 6.16

Linux/Linux 7.0.13 - 7.0.*

Linux/Linux 7.1

linux/linux_kernel 7.1 rc1 (6 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 6.16 - 7.0.13

Published Jun 25, 2026

Tracked Since Jun 25, 2026