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wifi: mac80211: disconnect on CSA to channel 0

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: disconnect on CSA to channel 0 The refactor for the CSA parsing erroneously equates channel zero and no information present, leading it to ignore a CSA on an AP that advertises a switch to that (invalid) channel. This leads to not disconnecting, which we should. For Intel devices, this can lead to a firmware crash. Fix this by using an int type for the channel number as well as the opclass, and using a (negative) value that cannot be encoded in the element to indicate it's not present.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6
CVEs
CVE-2026-90344
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 20:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

wifi: mac80211: disconnect on CSA to channel 0

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:08 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: disconnect on CSA to channel 0 The refactor for the CSA parsing erroneously equates channel zero and no information present, leading it to ignore a CSA on an AP that advertises a switch to that (invalid) channel. This leads to not disconnecting, which we should. For Intel devices, this can lead to a firmware crash. Fix this by using an int type for the channel number as well as the opclass, and using a (negative) value that cannot be encoded in the element to indicate it's not present.

osv:CVE-2026-90344

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6

Complete source record
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