# wifi: cfg80211: get the wiphy out of a dying network namespace

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98330`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98330`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 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: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before caa02072b2986d4b0e7a824de05782ef7b03a0ba` (git)
  - affected: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before b949b2720688691f1e41bdbfbe3df2b6dc77c34d` (git)
  - affected: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before 4635b1a1c1d693178a537446a6e09963f0fdae52` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.32`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.32` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0012, the 1st 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-2026-98330](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98330)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98330](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98330)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caa02072b2986d4b0e7a824de05782ef7b03a0ba>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b949b2720688691f1e41bdbfbe3df2b6dc77c34d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4635b1a1c1d693178a537446a6e09963f0fdae52>

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-2026-98330>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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