# wifi: libipw: reject TKIP frames without a full MIC

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98193`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98193`
- **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:** 30 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: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before 2e23abdaf6d32aa112efaa474629af7584d3acc6` (git)
  - affected: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before 9442bf5ea83314ef9a8a33e6885da45a61d1474d` (git)
  - affected: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before 0636970f31dd9099f98578a62335eb534be72e3a` (git)
  - affected: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before f448b267968d0ee985e5927c868c8f858169ab34` (git)
  - affected: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before 9a7fb67364817710c96785ff86b71a2711ee92cb` (git)
  - affected: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before ac7c08626f67844336086cf563f417566b76f0d7` (git)
  - affected: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before bb7ae8910cc886885aea95abb7c2e578a2341646` (git)
  - affected: `b453872c35cfcbdbf5a794737817f7d4e7b1b579 to before 06f42accaf3c6aecab1dcc57f68dde6c06c8b380` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.14`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.14` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 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-2026-98193](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98193)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98193](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98193)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e23abdaf6d32aa112efaa474629af7584d3acc6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9442bf5ea83314ef9a8a33e6885da45a61d1474d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0636970f31dd9099f98578a62335eb534be72e3a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f448b267968d0ee985e5927c868c8f858169ab34>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a7fb67364817710c96785ff86b71a2711ee92cb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac7c08626f67844336086cf563f417566b76f0d7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb7ae8910cc886885aea95abb7c2e578a2341646>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06f42accaf3c6aecab1dcc57f68dde6c06c8b380>

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.

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