# CVE-2026-23396: wifi: mac80211: fix NULL deref in mesh_matches_local() CVE-2026-23396 is fixed in 46 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23396, released March 26, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23396 - Priority: Routine - CVSS: 6.5 (Moderate) - EPSS: 0.0012 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Mar 26, 2026 - Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23396 ## Description 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() checks !elems->mesh_config before calling mesh_matches_local() - mesh_plink_get_event() is only reached through mesh_process_plink_frame(), which checks !elems->mesh_config, too mesh_rx_csa_frame() is the only caller that passes raw parsed elements to mesh_matches_local() without guarding mesh_config. An adjacent attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted CSA action frame that includes a valid Mesh ID IE but omits the Mesh Configuration IE, crashing the kernel. The captured crash log: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ... KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work [...] Call Trace: ? __pfx_mesh_matches_local (net/mac80211/mesh.c:65) ieee80211_mesh_rx_queued_mgmt (net/mac80211/mesh.c:1686) [...] ieee80211_iface_work (net/mac80211/iface.c:1754 net/mac80211/iface.c:1802) [...] cfg80211_wiphy_work (net/wireless/core.c:426) process_one_work (net/kernel/workqueue.c:3280) ? assign_work (net/kernel/workqueue.c:1219) worker_thread (net/kernel/workqueue.c:3352) ? __pfx_worker_thread (net/kernel/workqueue.c:3385) kthread (net/kernel/kthread.c:436) [...] ret_from_fork_asm (net/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:255) This patch adds a NULL check for ie->mesh_config at the top of mesh_matches_local() to return false early when the Mesh Configuration IE is absent. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | kernel-64kb sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-azure sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default-base sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-docs sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 sles 15.7 | 1-150700.15.3.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-build sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-deprecated ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-deprecated ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-desktop ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-desktop ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-usb ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-usb ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-wireless ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-wireless ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-tools ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-tools ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 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[ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-usb ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-usb ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50372](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50372.md) | Jul 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2238-1.md) | Jun 30, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.170-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23396](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-23396.md) | Mar 26, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.85-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23396](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-23396.md) | Mar 26, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 6.19.10-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23396](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-23396.md) | Mar 26, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T06:59:42Z UTC. 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