# wifi: mac80211: release mesh path quota on failed additions

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98701`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98701`
- **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: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before 9c715919369a6bae12f03debfcf0716f5d8db1c1` (git)
  - affected: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before 019c0a91e99f0eb6c331ca63f4fa361e9bfcb089` (git)
  - affected: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46` (git)
  - affected: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before 57bfaa8b2853425ab1b83114d823a62fe63f859f` (git)
  - affected: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before 56691ed9ef792f180e008a43294a4dc059fbeca2` (git)
  - affected: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cb` (git)
  - affected: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97d` (git)
  - affected: `ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to before 7325a44474f20c1393a1c114c6811abce6ddfaf4` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.10`
  - unaffected: `before 3.10` (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 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98701](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98701)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98701](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98701)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c715919369a6bae12f03debfcf0716f5d8db1c1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/019c0a91e99f0eb6c331ca63f4fa361e9bfcb089>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57bfaa8b2853425ab1b83114d823a62fe63f859f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56691ed9ef792f180e008a43294a4dc059fbeca2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7325a44474f20c1393a1c114c6811abce6ddfaf4>

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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