# wifi: mac80211: account proxy paths against the mesh path limit

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98705`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98705`
- **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: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before 0e79c9d260862bd4676955d3cac7baa0d38a5b2e` (git)
  - affected: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before bfd447ee32f727e535e317aa5a8447488f943803` (git)
  - affected: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before 7f83dab0045f756a82a15ac751165aefa03bed11` (git)
  - affected: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before c66ab4b94bb04c162485759196555e08c0965320` (git)
  - affected: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before df072db65fdaa34ad15e1d66fc06a53e3e97f778` (git)
  - affected: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before 3b75831ceee76d32bb8e7ddd241904f92f9b5407` (git)
  - affected: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before 5a32409ed34a1868830899a5d2437f0b3bf3532c` (git)
  - affected: `ece1a2e7e86078c8379937b546e32cb7f25fcb6c to before a5f35d4b112af1415ff06bd501c8cc26cc08aa8b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.2`
  - unaffected: `before 3.2` (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:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 6 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-2026-98705](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98705)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98705](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98705)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e79c9d260862bd4676955d3cac7baa0d38a5b2e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd447ee32f727e535e317aa5a8447488f943803>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f83dab0045f756a82a15ac751165aefa03bed11>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c66ab4b94bb04c162485759196555e08c0965320>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df072db65fdaa34ad15e1d66fc06a53e3e97f778>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b75831ceee76d32bb8e7ddd241904f92f9b5407>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a32409ed34a1868830899a5d2437f0b3bf3532c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f35d4b112af1415ff06bd501c8cc26cc08aa8b>

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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