CVE-2026-98709

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98709
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98709.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98709
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:46:39Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:47:13Z
Summary
wifi: mac80211: count only matching reservations in reserved switch
Details

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

wifi: mac80211: count only matching reservations in reserved switch

ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_switch() validates a replacement by counting assigned links on ctx->replace_ctx and treating reservations too broadly. A link can still be assigned to the old channel context while holding a reservation that belongs to a different replacement operation.

That can make the current replacement appear complete too early. If another link finalizes first, the function can free the WILL_BE_REPLACED chanctx while the unmatched link and driver still use it, leading to a use-after-free in later beacon generation.

Require an in-place reservation to point at the current replacement context, and require the reserved and assigned contexts to be the matching replacement pair, before counting or moving the link.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98709.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
5bcae31d9cb1ebfad3ad5a3eea04c8cdc329a04f
Fixed
d31f655e44631891788ca67018ec5e1ed1c7de86
Fixed
03525b632908b049f4d04cc8a71cdff2329589cf
Fixed
5cc54a000960bc88f8c58940164dca0e601ab39c
Fixed
437f3727b4fd715266c296435c116288f82666fd

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98709.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.17.0
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-2026-98709.json"