# wifi: libipw: reject too-short association responses

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98348`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98348`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 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: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before 766268b429ae26d8ca599031fa962b0fe4673120` (git)
  - affected: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before d70bdb84cf1782039384c1ffa7a18b0303c286a7` (git)
  - affected: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before 400b89217058fac672134a0d4092c8493dadb8ad` (git)
  - affected: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before 46aa75291056b6dc5faaf956dffdb3e9662477b0` (git)
  - affected: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before e3025ecdb2057f866c09e059fc1466e81d6f243e` (git)
  - affected: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before 14cb425ba1f3a5d849e3bbc3d02d84e0ae195dbb` (git)
  - affected: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before af1b69be19c34e28c0ae54bee954b58cd076969a` (git)
  - affected: `9e8571affd1c54b9638b4ff9844e47aae07310f6 to before adb7118b7d2cfd7e8213c17d7d2829f353017754` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.15`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.15` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0025, the 16th 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-2026-98348](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98348)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98348](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98348)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/766268b429ae26d8ca599031fa962b0fe4673120>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d70bdb84cf1782039384c1ffa7a18b0303c286a7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/400b89217058fac672134a0d4092c8493dadb8ad>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46aa75291056b6dc5faaf956dffdb3e9662477b0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3025ecdb2057f866c09e059fc1466e81d6f243e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14cb425ba1f3a5d849e3bbc3d02d84e0ae195dbb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af1b69be19c34e28c0ae54bee954b58cd076969a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb7118b7d2cfd7e8213c17d7d2829f353017754>

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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