# wifi: rtw89: phy: check length before parsing PHY status IE

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97500`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97500`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:04 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd to before a8659bacf9a2a4f33690c573f35bb5b11d06bf12` (git)
  - affected: `e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd to before 72bf6944e336d6f046f5c886ebededdd6560a693` (git)
  - affected: `e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd to before 213f9e0ab2b4f35fe8d342333238c6cc91513fbf` (git)
  - affected: `e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd to before 98e5720afd7495eece580238f232e3b3b4c022da` (git)
  - affected: `e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd to before 884495c39de1a02f42bd40051b921e2311d6ac91` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.16`
  - unaffected: `before 5.16` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 4th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97500](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97500)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97500](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97500)

### References from the CNA

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

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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