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The mac80211 vulnerability tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about security flaws in the Linux kernel's mac80211 wireless stack. Recent content focuses on CVE-2026-23246, an out-of-bounds write bug in the ieee80211_ml_reconfiguration function where an unvalidated link_id index can exceed array bounds, leading to potential stack corruption. The fix involves adding a bounds check to skip invalid subelements. While this tag is Linux-specific, it may interest Windows users running virtual machines or dual-boot setups that rely on Linux networking components.
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    CVE-2026-23246 mac80211 MLO Fix: Bounds Check Prevents Stack OOB Write

    In the Linux kernel’s mac80211 wireless stack, a newly assigned vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23246 highlights a classic but still dangerous bug class: an out-of-bounds write caused by trusting an unvalidated index in a low-level parser. The issue sits in ieee80211_ml_reconfiguration, where...
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