# wifi: mac80211: keep fallback association elements alive

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98704`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98704`
- **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: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before 409da4ad76d921b173ebb801e316023f74564239` (git)
  - affected: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before fb47973eecd869ab5662bb39002f6680536caa6c` (git)
  - affected: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before 64183344f6f29ed0cad33d6ec0e769aa5e31fb19` (git)
  - affected: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before de77b0f68142147e74fac1c497dbe1f93daeeed9` (git)
  - affected: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before 1d9644753d46c86b4e5c05bd6d9d35339ea27331` (git)
  - affected: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before d0183cd1f6a2dba9e63be20af2f65093c9c8d121` (git)
  - affected: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before 0878594c5806dd29fa5e16cc026ce19158afdad2` (git)
  - affected: `5023b14cf4df4d22e1a80738167f3438c9e62e5f to before a10a2f80476d166fd81c361ec0319493671b694e` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.2`
  - unaffected: `before 5.2` (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-2026-98704](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98704)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98704](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98704)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/409da4ad76d921b173ebb801e316023f74564239>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb47973eecd869ab5662bb39002f6680536caa6c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64183344f6f29ed0cad33d6ec0e769aa5e31fb19>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de77b0f68142147e74fac1c497dbe1f93daeeed9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d9644753d46c86b4e5c05bd6d9d35339ea27331>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0183cd1f6a2dba9e63be20af2f65093c9c8d121>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0878594c5806dd29fa5e16cc026ce19158afdad2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a10a2f80476d166fd81c361ec0319493671b694e>

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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