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wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification The NAN notification is for 5745 MHz which corresponds to channel 149 and not 5475 which is not actually a valid channel. This could result in a NULL pointer dereference in cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.18.6
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-23040
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 19:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Feb 2026, 16:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification The NAN notification is for 5745 MHz which corresponds to channel 149 and not 5475 which is not actually a valid channel. This could result in a NULL pointer dereference in cfg80211_next_nan_dw_notif.
osv:CVE-2026-23040
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.18.6
Complete source record
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