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CVE-2026-97500: wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-24 · updated 2026-10-30

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.

Affected products

• Linux: 5.16 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8659bacf9a2a4f33690c573f35bb5b11d06bf12

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