# wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98828`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98828`
- **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:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:49 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: `fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 03ef61d05aa26022327f971b790f07e6bf6e35d6` (git)
  - affected: `fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before e0c21130c1c7791ba73b19a3a9ea767c8cd43745` (git)
  - affected: `fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before a3b0137c855a61371d9cf9993b8bcc33c9798202` (git)
  - affected: `fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 93ce8ea70451e800601bc9444aa33043de15d67b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.35`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.35` (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:** 0.0020, the 9th 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-2026-98828](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98828)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98828](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98828)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ef61d05aa26022327f971b790f07e6bf6e35d6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0c21130c1c7791ba73b19a3a9ea767c8cd43745>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b0137c855a61371d9cf9993b8bcc33c9798202>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93ce8ea70451e800601bc9444aa33043de15d67b>

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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