# wifi: mac80211: unlist vifs when their netdev is unregistered

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98331`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98331`
- **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 a22c02863439993095acd0c3db97fa53cd515f4f` (git)
  - affected: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before 20a56e96a6f7b4dfbd13f8732fd2673409fc7ba0` (git)
  - affected: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before b735ad1a9aca6080192c1316cf2706e5e1318762` (git)
  - affected: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before d45bf731ec7085d2cc2c5d179d3b3b6c743d4fb1` (git)
  - affected: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before 821bab0456dfca12acef6df702c8f2477d313227` (git)
  - affected: `463d018323851a608eef52a9427b0585005c647f to before eee2efd82867b623982ac51925b5a1812a74c50d` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.32`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.32` (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

- 7.0 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:** 0.0013, 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-2026-98331](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98331)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98331](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98331)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a22c02863439993095acd0c3db97fa53cd515f4f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20a56e96a6f7b4dfbd13f8732fd2673409fc7ba0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b735ad1a9aca6080192c1316cf2706e5e1318762>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d45bf731ec7085d2cc2c5d179d3b3b6c743d4fb1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/821bab0456dfca12acef6df702c8f2477d313227>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eee2efd82867b623982ac51925b5a1812a74c50d>

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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