CVE-2026-53257

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 products

• Linux / Linux22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb – 0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a
• Linux / Linux22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb – cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc
• Linux / Linux6.16 – 6.16
• Linux / Linux0 – 6.16
• Linux / Linux7.0.13 – 7.0.*
• Linux / Linux7.1 – *

References

• MISChttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a
• MISChttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc