# wifi: mwifiex: validate scan response extents

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98185`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98185`
- **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: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before 25217c5f6ce0bf3004f80c129464cd35fe9a420f` (git)
  - affected: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before 48312f0085aa1577d6d41af2a079b34de17c1a57` (git)
  - affected: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before dccf5ecaad4d8d43c545921f20328e8f91af8698` (git)
  - affected: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before c4943323fda22ef27bb6479b9d328ae48c63f64c` (git)
  - affected: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before cb0008480ed7d5cf76f3ad9668a91bbb7d0b4417` (git)
  - affected: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before 9cff2f39ed38a32070b08364c4c9346e85b8f9ec` (git)
  - affected: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before 7106ad8b74f50cca1ef36131f327d2c78f556daa` (git)
  - affected: `5e6e3a92b9a4c9416b17f468fa5c7fa2233b8b4e to before 3687d7d48070838cc2953431b3a27717cab0aaf6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.0`
  - unaffected: `before 3.0` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-98185](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98185)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98185](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98185)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25217c5f6ce0bf3004f80c129464cd35fe9a420f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48312f0085aa1577d6d41af2a079b34de17c1a57>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dccf5ecaad4d8d43c545921f20328e8f91af8698>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4943323fda22ef27bb6479b9d328ae48c63f64c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb0008480ed7d5cf76f3ad9668a91bbb7d0b4417>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cff2f39ed38a32070b08364c4c9346e85b8f9ec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7106ad8b74f50cca1ef36131f327d2c78f556daa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3687d7d48070838cc2953431b3a27717cab0aaf6>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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