CVE-2026-98339
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries When an assoc AP switches to a channel that already has a BSS entry, cfg80211_update_assoc_bss_entry() removes that entry before rehashing the real one, since the two would otherwise collide in the BSS rbtree. The lookup for that entry also required it to match the connection's BSS type, so an entry advertising e.g. the IBSS capability bit was left in place, and the following cfg80211_rehash_bss() then ran into it: WARN_ON(!cmp) Changing the type shouldn't really happen, but can be triggered by a rogue AP/device, so drop the check and remove any entries matching the comparison.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-06 09:18:26.560000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:18:36.170000
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"id": "CVE-2026-98339",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-10-06T09:18:26.560",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:36.170",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries\n\nWhen an assoc AP switches to a channel that already has a BSS entry,\ncfg80211_update_assoc_bss_entry() removes that entry before rehashing\nthe real one, since the two would otherwise collide in the BSS rbtree.\n\nThe lookup for that entry also required it to match the connection's BSS\ntype, so an entry advertising e.g. the IBSS capability bit was left in\nplace, and the following cfg80211_rehash_bss() then ran into it:\n\n WARN_ON(!cmp)\n\nChanging the type shouldn't really happen, but can be triggered by a\nrogue AP/device, so drop the check and remove any entries matching\nthe comparison."
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