CVE-2026-98328: wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len
Published Oct 6, 2026
·Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len
The HE 6 GHz Band Capability element is in the probe request for every band if 6 GHz is supported, so add the size to scanieslen.
Otherwise, building probe request elements can fail, triggering the WARNON in ieee80211startscan().
Affected Software
1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel
Event History
Oct 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:46 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:46 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 AM
Description
Oct 7, 2026
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·08:24 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness