# wifi: mac80211: handle empty FILS association request payload

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98698`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98698`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:46 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: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before de3297c8e521c0b0ddc89ece6fee84e25da9ecf0` (git)
  - affected: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before ce70c87252a14020cb40032efe208efc6e61b1ee` (git)
  - affected: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before d8c5dbbf584a1baaa008988ac64dd4495f7086bd` (git)
  - affected: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before 0b1e4a7eeb6a301ee33bd318982927cbdbae9f36` (git)
  - affected: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before 2f5b62f6534d336a62fdb9e88b186dd70b4323ef` (git)
  - affected: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before 452f1c9b76f7a122bbc4630b9691bda4809677c4` (git)
  - affected: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before 20f939b0c151d1d28e6b62a76b2454fa6fe877f2` (git)
  - affected: `39404feee691a2dc524a629ed6eb5cfe5d8898d1 to before 5bfd4b0b40b79781d900cb2f7da0685070f53c67` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.10`
  - unaffected: `before 4.10` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 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 7 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98698](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98698)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98698](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98698)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de3297c8e521c0b0ddc89ece6fee84e25da9ecf0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce70c87252a14020cb40032efe208efc6e61b1ee>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8c5dbbf584a1baaa008988ac64dd4495f7086bd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1e4a7eeb6a301ee33bd318982927cbdbae9f36>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5b62f6534d336a62fdb9e88b186dd70b4323ef>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452f1c9b76f7a122bbc4630b9691bda4809677c4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20f939b0c151d1d28e6b62a76b2454fa6fe877f2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfd4b0b40b79781d900cb2f7da0685070f53c67>

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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