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CVE-2026-98325: wifi: mac80211: set up the TX info early to fix failure paths

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Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 03d67414bd05b86029afc14535238a9393eac1c6, 0fb37d2b6cb829cebdaea80f39011469f474bdcc, 3.7; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.158.1-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 03d67414bd05b86029afc14535238a9393eac1c6, 0fb37d2b6cb829cebdaea80f39011469f474bdcc, 3.7; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.158.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: set up the TX info early to fix failure paths The previous commit 2c51457d930f ("wifi: mac80211: free ack status frame on TX header build failure") cleaned up the leak, but still left the code a bit messy and the failed SKB didn't get reported to userspace. Fix this up by initialising skb->cb[] earlier, which allows using ieee80211_free_txskb() and therefore reports it for the failure in ieee80211_build_hdr(), and unifies the ieee80211_skb_resize() failure path with it.

Published
Oct 6, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile
CWE
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CVSS
0 / 40 · —
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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  • Linux Linux

    • fd39be7ff6f81f2dc91ba6e5f87944abef5b4802, 3.7affected
    • c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 and later · before df711e9fa20d7e996711c7f43a11a71805bef78daffected · git
    • c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 and later · before 420fcc2fdeae6ecd682d2b1605a0a54c88aed4aaaffected · git
    • c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 and later · before 36e6f0a5e6d7238f4023e77f423c1c1414374309affected · git
    • c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 and later · before 0fb37d2b6cb829cebdaea80f39011469f474bdccaffected · git
    • c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 and later · before 03d67414bd05b86029afc14535238a9393eac1c6affected · git
    • c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 and later · before 50d3d79dc0743b616afb00d01a626c76758721f7affected · git
    • 3.6.3 and later · before 3.7affected · semver
    • before 3.7not affected · semver
    • 6.1.189 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.190-16.1.190-1
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.113-1~deb12u16.12.113-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.113-16.12.113-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.2.8-17.2.8-1

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    40Plan
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    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-98323Oct 6, 2026 · RDMA/siw: Bound fragmented header copies by the remaining length
    39Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-98324Oct 6, 2026 · dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-98326Oct 6, 2026 · wifi: mac80211: mesh: release the channel if start fails
    0Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux03d67414bd05b86029afc14535238a9393eac1c6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux0fb37d2b6cb829cebdaea80f39011469f474bdccVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3.7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux36e6f0a5e6d7238f4023e77f423c1c1414374309Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux420fcc2fdeae6ecd682d2b1605a0a54c88aed4aaVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux50d3d79dc0743b616afb00d01a626c76758721f7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdf711e9fa20d7e996711c7f43a11a71805bef78dVendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.158.1-1 · Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.190-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux6.12.113-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux7.2.8-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.113-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+38 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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