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CVE-2026-98328

wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 7th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS —Not scoredEPSS percentile7th0.2% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix1 product4 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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  • LinuxAffected: ≥ 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77, < db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853Upgrade to: db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853Affected: ≥ 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77, < be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8Upgrade to: be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8Affected: ≥ 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77, < 8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454aUpgrade to: 8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454aAffected: ≥ 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77, < ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79Upgrade to: ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79 + 2 more branchesStated by: CVE record

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What it is

From the CVE record

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 scan_ies_len. Otherwise, building probe request elements can fail, triggering the WARN_ON in __ieee80211_start_scan().

In plain language

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Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS7th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 7th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

2 events over 0 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

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Affected products

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