# wifi: mac80211: reset state when starting AP fails

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98334`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98334`
- **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: `d6a83228823fc0cc8d79d95c9f0bf568b7317862 to before d83da43e9b3b3b1bad99ac5a1065f1c63ad5fc32` (git)
  - affected: `d6a83228823fc0cc8d79d95c9f0bf568b7317862 to before 5d5ff5b36f5748a2a077f875a73ccb26860d3fcc` (git)
  - affected: `d6a83228823fc0cc8d79d95c9f0bf568b7317862 to before 6eac225f59c1c2277ac74f8a716d6df0ba3b8d28` (git)
  - affected: `d6a83228823fc0cc8d79d95c9f0bf568b7317862 to before 3f28551d0241254a75626d868041c6340285088b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.9`
  - unaffected: `before 3.9` (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-2026-98334](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98334)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98334](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98334)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d83da43e9b3b3b1bad99ac5a1065f1c63ad5fc32>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d5ff5b36f5748a2a077f875a73ccb26860d3fcc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eac225f59c1c2277ac74f8a716d6df0ba3b8d28>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f28551d0241254a75626d868041c6340285088b>

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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