Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-24
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6528-1 linux security update
History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-125

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-28T05:30:33.875Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:01:01.151Z

Link: CVE-2026-97500

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T17:17:27.740

Modified: 2026-09-28T06:16:35.993

Link: CVE-2026-97500

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-97500 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T12:00:06Z

Weaknesses