# wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98339`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98339`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 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: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before 6ef87a853327434ae1cd9c5a2c27a557fb4047fc` (git)
  - affected: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before 1380ee3a202dbb9f8e8b3c3b87eb410450d57799` (git)
  - affected: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before fb445ec7480da5d2b82bf681e3b4313603722729` (git)
  - affected: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before 65fdb973bd905bc3f5cb045a04c1828f2d2a7e24` (git)
  - affected: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before 64e23a36d8f04811372365b44cfca325f8e0f4bb` (git)
  - affected: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before 6d2fd26185678038ef2ea11dd4d2e6eccbf2dd25` (git)
  - affected: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before 0aa44982125c86b47961be5ac1c82eddab8080f3` (git)
  - affected: `0afd425b1b64251f19b5d8d8b49bf56fefbc643f to before b377e1000d963e7182a987082b4b06580bd7ac84` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.4`
  - unaffected: `before 5.4` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0028, the 20th 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-2026-98339](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98339)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98339](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98339)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ef87a853327434ae1cd9c5a2c27a557fb4047fc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1380ee3a202dbb9f8e8b3c3b87eb410450d57799>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb445ec7480da5d2b82bf681e3b4313603722729>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65fdb973bd905bc3f5cb045a04c1828f2d2a7e24>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e23a36d8f04811372365b44cfca325f8e0f4bb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d2fd26185678038ef2ea11dd4d2e6eccbf2dd25>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aa44982125c86b47961be5ac1c82eddab8080f3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b377e1000d963e7182a987082b4b06580bd7ac84>

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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