# wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98423`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98423`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 14 Oct 2026, 13:27 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: `7882513bacb176ab4aacceefdd035ca9479da4fb to before 5ce9b2bc9e73213e316a8c72400256a76bf41814` (git)
  - affected: `7882513bacb176ab4aacceefdd035ca9479da4fb to before c4e4fe330294e3936e0f4e15d6996468f8a45fb2` (git)
  - affected: `7882513bacb176ab4aacceefdd035ca9479da4fb to before 2f59be7585dc81baa6f36b0035dd6848ea43d318` (git)
  - affected: `7882513bacb176ab4aacceefdd035ca9479da4fb to before 5c79ef616aa16af582fb2cb93b0f750975a0004f` (git)
  - affected: `7882513bacb176ab4aacceefdd035ca9479da4fb to before d7fa45d8123a7f794b93fc22dbcf19f38dc4d8cb` (git)
  - affected: `7882513bacb176ab4aacceefdd035ca9479da4fb to before 87840d4a3a21b1c19b867a80e16ba69dff284de2` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.1`
  - unaffected: `before 3.1` (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:** 0.0022, the 11th percentile, on 8 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 14 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98423](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98423)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98423](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98423)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ce9b2bc9e73213e316a8c72400256a76bf41814>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e4fe330294e3936e0f4e15d6996468f8a45fb2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f59be7585dc81baa6f36b0035dd6848ea43d318>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c79ef616aa16af582fb2cb93b0f750975a0004f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7fa45d8123a7f794b93fc22dbcf19f38dc4d8cb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87840d4a3a21b1c19b867a80e16ba69dff284de2>

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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