Bug 2540462 (CVE-2026-97500) - CVE-2026-97500 kernel: wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE
Summary: CVE-2026-97500 kernel: wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY stat...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97500
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-24 16:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-30 09:10 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 16:55:08 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-09-30 09:03:56 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97500.mbox
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