CVE-2026-98891
Published: October 28, 2026Last modified: October 28, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: validate deauth frame length before reason access ieee80211_rx_mgmt_deauth() reads the deauth reason code before checking that the fixed field is actually present in the received frame. Validate the deauth frame length first and only then read the reason code.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.189-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.111-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.18.53-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a360c6e18dfa9d70006c7247a6a8cc8dfe0d60f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51092dc769f021e9634474e1bd5a561da477fbdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a5ef1fd654d0e90d59aa32c881789c8bcc4125a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80d1a110e9096b5bf41497f6b151154084862385
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df64ad43e1f2c036667bba2bf385e9d7b3af564
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6ed4c00ccdc15011a73daa2b38af9fc5a2c543e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a78689e2beed200d4590318612c74ae25c9408cf