In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds access in monitor
In NAN, we don't know on what band the frame will be sent. Therefore we
set info->band to NUM_NL80211_BANDS. However, this leads to out-of-bound
access in ieee80211_add_tx_radiotap_header when we try to access the
sbands array.
Fix it by not accessing the array if the band is NUM_NL80211_BANDS.
This means that we will not report rate info for legacy rate in NAN.
But nobody really cares about it.
wifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds access in monitor
In NAN, we don't know on what band the frame will be sent. Therefore we
set info->band to NUM_NL80211_BANDS. However, this leads to out-of-bound
access in ieee80211_add_tx_radiotap_header when we try to access the
sbands array.
Fix it by not accessing the array if the band is NUM_NL80211_BANDS.
This means that we will not report rate info for legacy rate in NAN.
But nobody really cares about it.
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds access in monitor In NAN, we don't know on what band the frame will be sent. Therefore we set info->band to NUM_NL80211_BANDS. However, this leads to out-of-bound access in ieee80211_add_tx_radiotap_header when we try to access the sbands array. Fix it by not accessing the array if the band is NUM_NL80211_BANDS. This means that we will not report rate info for legacy rate in NAN. But nobody really cares about it. | |
| Title | wifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds access in monitor | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-24T16:05:08.371Z
Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:01:01.151Z
Link: CVE-2026-97511
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:28.993
Modified: 2026-09-24T17:17:28.993
Link: CVE-2026-97511
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