# wifi: mac80211: mesh: release the channel if start fails

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98326`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98326`
- **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, 08:46 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: `2b5e19677592c167d012c2d129407f39d2bdeb8d to before f0afcec2129c166e61821d6ae097061155f01b12` (git)
  - affected: `2b5e19677592c167d012c2d129407f39d2bdeb8d to before b51f5a310bd6888b90bb9546a8081215dcfe6fbe` (git)
  - affected: `2b5e19677592c167d012c2d129407f39d2bdeb8d to before 632f7acfe6dac1278a9314eaaab14fada400ddaf` (git)
  - affected: `2b5e19677592c167d012c2d129407f39d2bdeb8d to before 41bee71112db53651ba9a9030de1b843255a4a7f` (git)
  - affected: `2b5e19677592c167d012c2d129407f39d2bdeb8d to before 4a4e3fa77ea36d3419d806fb5883ef425a605a5d` (git)
  - affected: `2b5e19677592c167d012c2d129407f39d2bdeb8d to before ae97fff6495a8764bc0ef281cfe5444f701e527f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.9`
  - unaffected: `before 3.9` (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-2026-98326](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98326)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98326](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98326)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0afcec2129c166e61821d6ae097061155f01b12>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b51f5a310bd6888b90bb9546a8081215dcfe6fbe>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/632f7acfe6dac1278a9314eaaab14fada400ddaf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41bee71112db53651ba9a9030de1b843255a4a7f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a4e3fa77ea36d3419d806fb5883ef425a605a5d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae97fff6495a8764bc0ef281cfe5444f701e527f>

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

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