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CVE-2026-23396

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix NULL deref in mesh_matches_local() mesh_matches_local() unconditionally dereferences ie->mesh_config to compare mesh configuration parameters. When called from mesh_rx_csa_frame(), the parsed action-frame elements may not contain a Mesh Configuration IE, leaving ie->mesh_config NULL and triggering a kernel NULL pointer dereference. The other two callers are already safe: - ieee80211_mesh_rx_bcn_presp() c
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:21cc9ea6f9cd698cd01e89374d8fc7c724f8231b598242b9febcc3c3d24a10e8
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["net/mac80211/mesh.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"14a4fd13657a3f2489db6566f081adfb27a49c64","status":"affected","version":"2e3c8736820bf72a8ad10721c7e31d36d4fa7790","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"74de6fa472b03bc8cde0a081484e9960bcbda568","status":"affected","version":"2e3c8736820bf72a8ad10721c7e31d36d4fa7790","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"c1e3f2416fb27c816ce96d747d3e784e31f4d95c","status":"affected","version":"2e3c8736820bf72a8ad10721c7…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Source references

8 source assertions
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a4da176ae4b4e075a19c00d3e269cfd5e05a813"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14a4fd13657a3f2489db6566f081adfb27a49c64"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3398191c0e0c2d2a9e2f2058ec0d2ccd88b0a1280928f4c8974ca1a1ee86d709 · sha256:0a6dd1d2e76310a3… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44699c6cdfce80a0f296b54ae9314461e3e41b3d"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3398191c0e0c2d2a9e2f2058ec0d2ccd88b0a1280928f4c8974ca1a1ee86d709 · sha256:0a6dd1d2e76310a3… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74de6fa472b03bc8cde0a081484e9960bcbda568"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c55a3deaf7eaaafa2546f8de7fed19382a0a116"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a90279e7f7ea0b7e923a1c5ebee9a6b78b6d1004"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3398191c0e0c2d2a9e2f2058ec0d2ccd88b0a1280928f4c8974ca1a1ee86d709 · sha256:0a6dd1d2e76310a3… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1e3f2416fb27c816ce96d747d3e784e31f4d95c"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3398191c0e0c2d2a9e2f2058ec0d2ccd88b0a1280928f4c8974ca1a1ee86d709 · sha256:0a6dd1d2e76310a3… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c73bb9a2d33bf81f6eecaa0f474b6c6dbe9855bd"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3398191c0e0c2d2a9e2f2058ec0d2ccd88b0a1280928f4c8974ca1a1ee86d709 · sha256:0a6dd1d2e76310a3… · /containers/cna/references/7

Attribution and limitations

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