CVE-2026-98707

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98707
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98707.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98707
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:46:37Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:45:28Z
Summary
wifi: mac80211: shut down RX BA session timer on teardown
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: shut down RX BA session timer on teardown

Tearing down an RX BA session can leave the session timer queued on a freed tid_rx. Later timer-wheel processing and the timer callback itself then run against freed memory.

An RX BAR handler can dereference tid_rx under RCU before teardown unpublishes it and stay in its read-side critical section while teardown deletes the session timer. The stale handler can then rearm the timer after timer_delete_sync() returns and before the RCU callback frees tid_rx.

Use timer_shutdown_sync() so rearm attempts become ineffective once teardown starts. Keep reorder_timer unchanged: teardown marks the session removed under reorder_lock and its release path checks that state before rearming. session_timer has no equivalent guard because ieee80211_rx_h_ctrl() rearms it before taking reorder_lock.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98707.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
a87f736d942c86255e3088c606f0e3eab6bbf784
Fixed
7bb2a5bd4f07192fca35644fab7d49a17bfbc861
Fixed
481f9230284c27052b59c587069f232c5d84779e
Fixed
09b7d5e4f88504e62ddf4ff31ebeebb3b87578ba
Fixed
e588e83e5c7a0f6d7a77dbbb58927c8c8cfd598e

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98707.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.36
Fixed
6.12.113
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.56
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.10

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98707.json"