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        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-10-04T15:40:38.477Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-10-04T15:44:03.354Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:47:58.431Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: check for station first in client probe\n\nWhen probing a client, first check if we have it, and then\ncheck for the channel context, otherwise you can trigger\nthe warning there easily by probing when the AP isn't even\nstarted yet. Since a client existing means the AP is also\noperating, we can then keep the warning.\n\nAlso simplify the moved code a bit."
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