wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00156 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 +2Red Hat: 5 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97500
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pw46-3vj9-6343
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@a8659bacf9a2a4f33690c573f35bb5b11d06bf12 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8659bacf9a2a4f33690c573f35bb5b11d06bf12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97500 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97500 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pw46-3vj9-6343 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97500 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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