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CVE-2026-68406

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: validate PMSR FTM preamble range PMSR FTM request parsing accepts preamble values outside the enumerated nl80211 preamble range. Reject out-of-range values before using them in the parser capability bit test using the policy. [drop unnecessary check]

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-08-10 13:20:34.180000
Last modified
2026-11-06 17:19:31.947000
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  "published": "2026-08-10T13:20:34.180",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-06T17:19:31.947",
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