# wifi: cw1200: fix TX padding OOB read leaking heap data to device

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98711`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98711`
- **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: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before 8e8e4d0b15f174d964a48b1c54dc8828e5ae87c5` (git)
  - affected: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before a7eae7547ae1443bfbca2cb90d3ef5e501d6445c` (git)
  - affected: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before 5897945635aa5413595bf696127493be96c08e2d` (git)
  - affected: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before b66539a4dab128fafaad736b53ce15c19d14d561` (git)
  - affected: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before 71f693a0ecccf36532dd2790f7969da6c71d5d23` (git)
  - affected: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before b0e97bd40e0c2cb1a3530ef8f6250aacf3224515` (git)
  - affected: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before 678c8f4ba285649d5418a858d5d4f30c728a54ad` (git)
  - affected: `a910e4a94f6923c8c988565525f017f687bf7205 to before 7c1611780823b76219cb1478db53dfd890c4a9a2` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.11`
  - unaffected: `before 3.11` (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-2026-98711](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98711)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98711](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98711)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e8e4d0b15f174d964a48b1c54dc8828e5ae87c5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7eae7547ae1443bfbca2cb90d3ef5e501d6445c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5897945635aa5413595bf696127493be96c08e2d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b66539a4dab128fafaad736b53ce15c19d14d561>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71f693a0ecccf36532dd2790f7969da6c71d5d23>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e97bd40e0c2cb1a3530ef8f6250aacf3224515>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/678c8f4ba285649d5418a858d5d4f30c728a54ad>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c1611780823b76219cb1478db53dfd890c4a9a2>

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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