# wifi: cfg80211: only group hidden BSSes with beacon entries

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98340`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98340`
- **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: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 4cd6a518ce7527284bbc9baab5fa2453a7d477c2` (git)
  - affected: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 74ed0d992f392c75e1969415527e06df3f7a4034` (git)
  - affected: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 3658093df69849daf4f813a8f087f358e13be203` (git)
  - affected: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 73365b81630b57e1a1f9d50dc87281797855c2ac` (git)
  - affected: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 7405dd19bda4537a2843637d8d7bed1efd4776cf` (git)
  - affected: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 86235be788094131912e9bd8412b358d91d99f49` (git)
  - affected: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 332ea1502c46f53375cb109fa82bfaff818f3a41` (git)
  - affected: `4593c4cbe1c96b3995727dc42f6aa103f4ff5afc to before 068843ed0902c552a13860c5ec6b2ca65b57a065` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.9`
  - unaffected: `before 3.9` (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

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-2026-98340](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98340)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98340](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98340)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cd6a518ce7527284bbc9baab5fa2453a7d477c2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ed0d992f392c75e1969415527e06df3f7a4034>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3658093df69849daf4f813a8f087f358e13be203>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73365b81630b57e1a1f9d50dc87281797855c2ac>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7405dd19bda4537a2843637d8d7bed1efd4776cf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86235be788094131912e9bd8412b358d91d99f49>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/332ea1502c46f53375cb109fa82bfaff818f3a41>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/068843ed0902c552a13860c5ec6b2ca65b57a065>

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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