---
id: CVE-2026-97500
title: |-
  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
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…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91
  - Linux < 6.12.111
  - Linux < 6.18.53
  - Linux (all versions)
published: '2026-09-24'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T17:17:27.740'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97500'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T16:47:15.865Z'
epss: 0.00155
epssPercentile: 0.03876
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.