CVE-2026-98333

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 4 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

wifi: mac80211: reset the LED state when ifup fails

When the first interface comes up, the radio LED is turned on. This can start the TPT trigger timer, which continues running.

But if bringing up the interface fails then the timer keeps running and won't be stopped by anything, eventually it can be freed:

ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object: ffff888127e12130 object type: timer_list hint: tpt_trig_timer+0x0/0x300 net/mac80211/led.c:145 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5923 at lib/debugobjects.c:612 debug_print_object+0x1a2/0x2b0 debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x4b7/0x600 lib/debugobjects.c:1129 kfree+0x436/0x670 mm/slub.c:6818 ieee80211_led_exit+0x162/0x1c0 net/mac80211/led.c:210 ieee80211_unregister_hw+0x27e/0x3a0 net/mac80211/main.c:1706 rt2x00lib_remove_dev+0x55b/0x670

Undo the LED state in the error path.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 6, 2026

Last Modified

October 6, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98333(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (183 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (181 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.8-1: fixed in 7.2.8-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 19× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  2. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  3. 2026-10-12 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-11 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-11 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-11 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  7. 2026-10-11 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  9. 2026-10-09 20:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  10. 2026-10-09 13:40 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-09 13:40 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-09 13:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-57gv-8xf9-89mj
  13. 2026-10-08 17:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  14. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  15. 2026-10-06 15:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  16. 2026-10-06 09:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-57gv-8xf9-89mj
  17. 2026-10-06 09:28 UTCNVD update
  18. 2026-10-06 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-06 08:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-98333?
CVE-2026-98333 is a vulnerability whose severity is not yet rated; its CVE record was published on October 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: reset the LED state when ifup fails When the first interface comes up, the radio LED is turned on. This can start the TPT trigger timer, which continues running. But if bringing up the interface fails then the timer…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98333 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98333 was published on October 6, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 6, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-98333 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98333 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98333?
A fix for CVE-2026-98333 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98333 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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