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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-23279" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-03-25T10:26:39.994Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:13:36.414Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23279" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23279.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23279" title: "wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()\n\nIn mesh_rx_csa_frame(), elems-\u003emesh_chansw_params_ie is dereferenced\nat lines 1638 and 1642 without a prior NULL check:\n\n ifmsh-\u003echsw_ttl = elems-\u003emesh_chansw_params_ie-\u003emesh_ttl;\n ...\n pre_value = le16_to_cpu(elems-\u003emesh_chansw_params_ie-\u003emesh_pre_value);\n\nThe mesh_matches_local() check above only validates the Mesh ID,\nMesh Configuration, and Supported Rates IEs. It does not verify the\npresence of the Mesh Channel Switch Parameters IE (element ID 118).\nWhen a received CSA action frame omits that IE, ieee802_11_parse_elems()\nleaves elems-\u003emesh_chansw_params_ie as NULL, and the unconditional\ndereference causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference.\n\nA remote mesh peer with an established peer link (PLINK_ESTAB) can\ntrigger this by sending a crafted SPECTRUM_MGMT/CHL_SWITCH action frame\nthat includes a matching Mesh ID and Mesh Configuration IE but omits the\nMesh Channel Switch Parameters IE. No authentication beyond the default\nopen mesh peering is required.\n\nCrash confirmed on kernel 6.17.0-5-generic via mac80211_hwsim:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:ieee80211_mesh_rx_queued_mgmt+0x143/0x2a0 [mac80211]\n CR2: 0000000000000000\n\nFix by adding a NULL check for mesh_chansw_params_ie after\nmesh_matches_local() returns, consistent with how other optional IEs\nare guarded throughout the mesh code.\n\nThe bug has been present since v3.13 (released 2014-01-19)." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"753ad20dcbe36b67088c7770d8fc357d7cc43e08"},{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f061336f072ab03fd29270ae61fede46bf8fd69d"},{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2b5f282b1b7241ef624c3399a1cdff0bb1a3eeab"},{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"22a9adea7e26d236406edc0ea00b54351dd56b9c"},{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f5d8af683410a8c82e48b51291915bd612523d9a"},{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cc6d5a3c0a854aeae00915fc5386570c86029c60"},{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"be8b82c567fda86f2cbb43b7208825125bb31421"},{"version":"8f2535b92d685c68db4bc699dd78462a646f6ef9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"017c1792525064a723971f0216e6ef86a8c7af11"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.13"},{"version":"5.10.253","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.203","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.167","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.130","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.77","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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