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CVE-2026-98329

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's mac80211 subsystem, frames injected on a monitor interface can carry a radiotap field requesting a bandwidth wider than the actual channel bandwidth, leading to a warning in hwsim. Such frames should be dropped.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to kernel warnings and potential crashes, which could be exploited to disrupt network operation.

Recommendation

Apply a kernel patch that drops frames with bandwidth wider than the channel context.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't allow injecting frames wider than the chanctx Frames injected on a monitor interface can carry a radiotap field requesting a bandwidth, which mac80211 passes down to the driver regardless of the the actual operational bandwidth. If the bandwidth requested is too wide, that triggers a warning in hwsim: WARN_ON(hwsim_get_chanwidth(bw) > hwsim_get_chanwidth(confbw)) Drop such frames entirely instead since they cannot be sent.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS