CVE-2026-23040

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to wifi and mac80211 hwsim. A typo in frequency notification could lead to a NULL pointer dereference in the cfg80211 next nan dw notif function. The notification incorrectly specifies a frequency of 5475 MHz, which is not a valid channel, instead of the correct frequency of 5745 MHz corresponding to channel 149.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.