CVE-2026-98334

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 state when starting AP fails

ieee80211_start_ap() can set enable_beacon (and beacon_int) and fail later, leaving it set forever. Scanning can then attempt to restore beaconing on such an interface, leading to:

Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:mac80211_hwsim_link_info_changed+0xca7/0xf00 Call Trace: drv_link_info_changed+0x413/0x860 net/mac80211/driver-ops.c:495 ieee80211_link_info_change_notify+0x24b/0x3c0 net/mac80211/main.c:427 ieee80211_offchannel_return+0x381/0x580 net/mac80211/offchannel.c:160 __ieee80211_scan_completed+0x993/0xe30 net/mac80211/scan.c:519 ieee80211_scan_work+0x472/0x2010 net/mac80211/scan.c:1193 cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x2b7/0x550 net/wireless/core.c:538

in hwsim. Also, cfg80211 then allows changing the interface type, and the off-channel path getgs confused about beaconing as well, leading to another warning:

WARNING: net/mac80211/driver-ops.c:468 at drv_link_info_changed+0x583/0x880 ieee80211_link_info_change_notify+0x24b/0x3c0 net/mac80211/main.c:427 ieee80211_offchannel_stop_vifs+0x328/0x5c0 net/mac80211/offchannel.c:122 ieee80211_start_sw_scan net/mac80211/scan.c:583 [inline] __ieee80211_start_scan+0xfb6/0x1af0 net/mac80211/scan.c:882

Reset the state on failures to always have it correct.

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
6th
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

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98334(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% · 6th percentile
  2. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th 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% · 6th percentile
  7. 2026-10-11 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  9. 2026-10-09 20:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  10. 2026-10-09 07:19 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-09 07:19 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-09 07:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-hc2q-h84g-fgvg
  13. 2026-10-08 17:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  14. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  15. 2026-10-06 15:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  16. 2026-10-06 09:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-hc2q-h84g-fgvg
  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-2026-98334?
CVE-2026-98334 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 state when starting AP fails ieee80211startap() can set enablebeacon (and beaconint) and fail later, leaving it set forever. Scanning can then attempt to restore beaconing on such an interface, leading to:…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98334 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98334 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-2026-98334 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98334 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (6th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98334?
A fix for CVE-2026-98334 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98334 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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