{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23279 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-23279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23279 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-23279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23279 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23279/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23279/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-23279","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23279/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-23279","record":{"aliases":["AZL-80744","BELL-CVE-2026-23279","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23279","GHSA-3969-jvq7-cjf4","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-23279","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-23279","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-23279","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-23279","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23279","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23279"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A remote attacker can cause a kernel crash by sending a crafted mesh action frame that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the mac80211 subsystem.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"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).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()","id":"CVE-2026-23279","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"accel/amdxdna: Prevent ubuf size overflow","id":"CVE-2026-23280"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements","id":"CVE-2026-23278"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-03-25","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A remote attacker can cause a kernel crash by sending a crafted mesh action frame that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the mac80211 subsystem.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23279/"}