{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-97511","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-24T16:01:01.151Z","datePublished":"2026-09-24T16:05:08.371Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-28T05:30:47.250Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-28T05:30:47.250Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds access in monitor\n\nIn NAN, we don't know on what band the frame will be sent. Therefore we\nset info->band to NUM_NL80211_BANDS. However, this leads to out-of-bound\naccess in ieee80211_add_tx_radiotap_header when we try to access the\nsbands array.\n\nFix it by not accessing the array if the band is NUM_NL80211_BANDS.\nThis means that we will not report rate info for legacy rate in NAN.\nBut nobody really cares about it."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/status.c"],"versions":[{"version":"fc41f4a28ac4d462487903229494eeb266f68a40","lessThan":"7f087f70e020b16a5b967332ee6e937817eaa173","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fc41f4a28ac4d462487903229494eeb266f68a40","lessThan":"03c41203ee5a833a9d7a7630be190830cede29d8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/status.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f087f70e020b16a5b967332ee6e937817eaa173"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c41203ee5a833a9d7a7630be190830cede29d8"}],"title":"wifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds access in monitor","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}