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CVE-2026-31394: mac80211: fix crash in ieee80211_chan_bw_change for AP_VLAN stations

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.11% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 3c6629e859a2211a1fbb4868f915413f80001ca5, 5a86d4e920d9783a198e39cf53f0e410fba5fbd6, 65c25b588994dd422fea73fa322de56e1ae4a33b; azl3 kernel 6.6.130.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.130.1-3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 3c6629e859a2211a1fbb4868f915413f80001ca5, 5a86d4e920d9783a198e39cf53f0e410fba5fbd6, 65c25b588994dd422fea73fa322de56e1ae4a33b; azl3 kernel 6.6.130.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.130.1-3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac80211: fix crash in ieee80211_chan_bw_change for AP_VLAN stations ieee80211_chan_bw_change() iterates all stations and accesses link->reserved.oper via sta->sdata->link[link_id]. For stations on AP_VLAN interfaces (e.g. 4addr WDS clients), sta->sdata points to the VLAN sdata, whose link never participates in chanctx reservations. This leaves link->reserved.oper zero-initialized with chan == NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference in __ieee80211_sta_cap_rx_bw() when accessing chandef->chan->band during CSA. Resolve the VLAN sdata to its parent AP sdata using get_bss_sdata() before accessing link data. [also change sta->sdata in ARRAY_SIZE even if it doesn't matter]

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 3, 2026
Updated
Jul 24, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 1th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.11 and later · before 6.12.78
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.20
  • linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 6.19.10
  • linux linux kernel7.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.11affected
    • b27512368591fc959768df1f7dacf2a96b1bd036 and later · before 65c25b588994dd422fea73fa322de56e1ae4a33baffected · git
    • b27512368591fc959768df1f7dacf2a96b1bd036 and later · before 5a86d4e920d9783a198e39cf53f0e410fba5fbd6affected · git
    • b27512368591fc959768df1f7dacf2a96b1bd036 and later · before 3c6629e859a2211a1fbb4868f915413f80001ca5affected · git
    • b27512368591fc959768df1f7dacf2a96b1bd036 and later · before 672e5229e1ecfc2a3509b53adcb914d8b024a853affected · git
    • before 6.11not affected · semver
    • 6.12.78 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 6.18.20 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 6.19.10 and later · up to and including 6.19.*not affected · semver
    • 7.0 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.85-16.12.85-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.19.10-16.19.10-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

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  • Later →CVE-2026-31395Apr 3, 2026 · bnxt_en: fix OOB access in DBG_BUF_PRODUCER async event handler
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux3c6629e859a2211a1fbb4868f915413f80001ca5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5a86d4e920d9783a198e39cf53f0e410fba5fbd6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux65c25b588994dd422fea73fa322de56e1ae4a33bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux672e5229e1ecfc2a3509b53adcb914d8b024a853Vendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.130.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.130.1-3 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.12.85-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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