CVE-2026-68197

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: fix NULL dereference when the AP has HT-cap but no HT-oper mwifiextdlsaddhtoper gates its follow-the-AP-bandwidth path on bssdesc-bcnhtcap being present, but then dereferences a different pointer, bssdesc-bcnhtoper...

CVE-2026-68197

The CVE-2026-68197 entry describes a Linux kernel vulnerability in mwifiex where a NULL dereference can occur when connecting to an AP that advertises HT Capabilities but not HT Operation. The root cause is that bcn_ht_cap and bcn_ht_oper are populated independently while parsing beacon data; if ...