{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "22c64f37e1d4e757b0073a72f1439c2c3509c5cb"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.16.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.0.13"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53257.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency\n\nXiang Mei reports that mac80211 could crash if eht_cap is set\nbut eht_oper isn't. Rather than fixing that for the individual\nuser(s), enforce that both HE/EHT have consistent elements.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-53257",
  "modified": "2026-07-10T03:53:40.333652777Z",
  "published": "2026-06-25T08:39:47.248Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5e9ddd7e8e7758771a63cdd498a2007dc8da7a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb9959ab5f99611d27a06586add84811fe8102dc"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53257.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53257"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.5",
  "summary": "wifi: cfg80211: enforce HE/EHT cap/oper consistency"
}