# wifi: virt_wifi: don't transfer operstate before register

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98311`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98311`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **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, 08:46 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: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before ee9ea1afd6990def51d52b3a0aecd5cfcc951da0` (git)
  - affected: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before 9ce26201f6dedf3fa02b97da8c67ee6f6c5f7225` (git)
  - affected: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before f9526054c2b2cace5916b7225603d008834ec011` (git)
  - affected: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before e8304e25c6dabb8accf38b807969438d0ce84fd7` (git)
  - affected: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before ca49763c42c1089d654bf11b037980a9ede3772c` (git)
  - affected: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before 293c56a66510bb7de073a1aba388e38abddff1fb` (git)
  - affected: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before b808a9af5fd21f9c68b0d024eda7535b5dce6a4e` (git)
  - affected: `c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c to before e5c8d7acd31b27057ea42cd405d0b3ece097bc89` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.0`
  - unaffected: `before 5.0` (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

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0014, the 2nd 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-2026-98311](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98311)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98311](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98311)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9ea1afd6990def51d52b3a0aecd5cfcc951da0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ce26201f6dedf3fa02b97da8c67ee6f6c5f7225>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9526054c2b2cace5916b7225603d008834ec011>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8304e25c6dabb8accf38b807969438d0ce84fd7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca49763c42c1089d654bf11b037980a9ede3772c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/293c56a66510bb7de073a1aba388e38abddff1fb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b808a9af5fd21f9c68b0d024eda7535b5dce6a4e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5c8d7acd31b27057ea42cd405d0b3ece097bc89>

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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