CVE-2026-97500 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE

Hardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser
might access out of range. Check the length ahead.

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Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da

History

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE Hardware might report PHY status IE with unexpected length, and parser might access out of range. Check the length ahead.
Title		wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-09-24T16:04:47.116Z

Updated: 2026-09-24T16:04:47.116Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:01:01.151Z

Link: CVE-2026-97500

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:27.740

Modified: 2026-09-24T17:17:27.740

Link: CVE-2026-97500

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Weaknesses

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