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    "idYear": 2026,
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      "title": "wifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: reject beacons with bad HE operation\n\nThe HE operation element not only needs to be longer than\nthe fixed part, but also have an appropriate size for the\nvariable part inside of it. Check this.",
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