{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68471 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-68471 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 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-2026-68471 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-68471 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 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-2026-68471 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. 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-2026-68471/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68471/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-68471","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68471/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-68471","record":{"aliases":["AZL-96405","BELL-CVE-2026-68471","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68471","GHSA-q4hh-8fm2-f5vw","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68471"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel Wi-Fi","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A missing length validation in the Linux kernel Wi-Fi subsystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed MLE frames.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ieee80211: validate MLE common info length\n\nieee80211_mle_common_size() uses the first common-info octet as the\ncommon information length for all known MLE types. However,\nieee80211_mle_size_ok() only validates that octet for Basic, Probe\nRequest, and TDLS MLEs.\n\nReconfiguration MLEs also skipped the length octet when calculating the\nminimum common size, and Priority Access MLEs skipped validation of the\nadvertised common information length.\n\nAccount for the Reconfiguration common-info length octet and validate\nthe advertised common information length for all known MLE types. Keep\nunknown-type handling unchanged.\n\n[remove now misleading comment]","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: ieee80211: validate MLE common info length","id":"CVE-2026-68471","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"wifi: cfg80211: validate EHT MLE before MLD ID read","id":"CVE-2026-68472"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"wifi: mac80211: validate extension-frame layout before RX","id":"CVE-2026-68470"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-21","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A missing length validation in the Linux kernel Wi-Fi subsystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed MLE frames.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68471/"}