# wifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98182`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98182`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 Oct 2026, 08:44 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93 to before b7b7d46ec4fa127767931938b282c361c0519af6` (git)
  - affected: `79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93 to before abe15e643e576459469867758ae9c586a7bab95d` (git)
  - affected: `79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93 to before 46c223468537a05a404699771cd3e68532dab5e6` (git)
  - affected: `79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93 to before 2b04d6556964ae9f89819b86a0a7801e39c3aae5` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.15`
  - unaffected: `before 4.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.54 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.8 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 6 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98182](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98182)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98182](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98182)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b7d46ec4fa127767931938b282c361c0519af6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe15e643e576459469867758ae9c586a7bab95d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c223468537a05a404699771cd3e68532dab5e6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b04d6556964ae9f89819b86a0a7801e39c3aae5>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-98182>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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