wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency
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.
CVE-2026-53257
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-53257
Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"version": "22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb",
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"versionType": "git"
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"net/wireless/nl80211.c"
],
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},
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"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
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},
{
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"version": "0",
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},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.57",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.0.13",
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},
{
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"version": "7.1",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"net/wireless/nl80211.c"
],
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}
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- CVE-2026-53257
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