CVE-2026-68470

wifi: mac80211: validate extension-frame layout before RX

CVE-2026-68470 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68470, released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0031
23rd percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: validate extension-frame layout before RX Extension frames only have the extension header at the regular 802.11 header offset. The generic RX path can still reach helpers and interface dispatch code that read regular header address fields before unsupported extension subtypes are dropped. mac80211 currently only handles S1G beacon extension frames. Drop other extension subtypes before they can reach regular-header RX processing. For S1G beacons, linearize the SKB with the management-frame path and require the fixed S1G beacon header, including optional fixed fields indicated by frame control, before generic RX dispatch. Route S1G beacons through the station/default-link RX path without regular-header station lookup. Avoid regular-header address reads in the mac80211 RX paths that process S1G extension beacons, including accept-frame, duplicate-detection, address-copy, and MLO address-translation paths. Also make ieee80211_get_bssid() length-safe before returning the S1G source-address pointer.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.22 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1 Sep 10, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.115-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68470 Aug 15, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68470 Aug 15, 2026

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