CVE-2026-98340
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: only group hidden BSSes with beacon entries When a probe response for an unknown BSS comes in, __cfg80211_bss_update() looks for an existing entry with the same BSSID and a hidden (zero-length or NUL-filled) SSID, and if it finds one it groups them, using the beacon IEs from the existing entry. But that could find another entry without a beacon, if it was also from a probe response (with SSID), so there's a group without beacon elements. If a beacon with a hidden SSID for that BSSID arrives later, cfg80211_combine_bsses() goes looking for the probe response entries that belong to it - i.e. entries with the same BSSID and channel that have no beacon IEs - and finds those two. They are already grouped with each other, so it hits its WARN_ON_ONCE(bss->pub.hidden_beacon_bss) WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&bss->hidden_list)) which are there because an entry without beacon elements is not supposed to be part of a group yet. Only combine entries when a beacon was already received, ones that are kept separate will be combined when a beacon arrives.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-06 09:18:26.720000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:18:36.320000
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"id": "CVE-2026-98340",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-10-06T09:18:26.720",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:36.320",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: only group hidden BSSes with beacon entries\n\nWhen a probe response for an unknown BSS comes in, __cfg80211_bss_update()\nlooks for an existing entry with the same BSSID and a hidden (zero-length\nor NUL-filled) SSID, and if it finds one it groups them, using the beacon\nIEs from the existing entry.\n\nBut that could find another entry without a beacon, if it was also from a\nprobe response (with SSID), so there's a group without beacon elements.\n\nIf a beacon with a hidden SSID for that BSSID arrives later,\ncfg80211_combine_bsses() goes looking for the probe response entries that\nbelong to it - i.e. entries with the same BSSID and channel that have no\nbeacon IEs - and finds those two. They are already grouped with each\nother, so it hits its\n\n WARN_ON_ONCE(bss->pub.hidden_beacon_bss)\n WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&bss->hidden_list))\n\nwhich are there because an entry without beacon elements is not supposed\nto be part of a group yet.\n\nOnly combine entries when a beacon was already received, ones that are\nkept separate will be combined when a beacon arrives."
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