CVE-2026-23040
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23040
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23040.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-23040
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-02-04T16:00:23.897Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-09T19:34:53.996615Z
- Summary
- wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix typo in frequency notification
The NAN notification is for 5745 MHz which corresponds to channel 149 and not 5475 which is not actually a valid channel. This could result in a NULL pointer dereference in cfg80211nextnandwnotif.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23040.json" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1251bbdb8f5b2ea86ca9b4268a2e6aa34372ab33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/333418872bfecf4843f1ded7a4151685dfcf07d5
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23040.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23040
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
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Introduceda37a6f54439bf82b827a7072415d3a4afa4e12bdFixed1251bbdb8f5b2ea86ca9b4268a2e6aa34372ab33Fixed333418872bfecf4843f1ded7a4151685dfcf07d5