# wifi: wfx: validate MIB read length before copying to caller

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98830`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98830`
- **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, 15:49 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: `f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff to before b8310b55e53622a393d14af4939f620c1828778b` (git)
  - affected: `f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff to before 819d4c1323e2a9b7329021d5367aa01add22b5dc` (git)
  - affected: `f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff to before 02886c18a340da59df57365f29009e1258bfe333` (git)
  - affected: `f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff to before 71d140099165de03128c00dd129f1eab21c6a3c4` (git)
  - affected: `f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff to before 7acb36fd60a3e7b858f12e69a919c3609b281408` (git)
  - affected: `f95a29d40782f4f0052a692a822de3ba044b19ff to before ce67ebe9d8629776ce38e6995ae72fb903c828db` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.5`
  - unaffected: `before 5.5` (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 10th 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-2026-98830](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98830)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98830](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98830)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8310b55e53622a393d14af4939f620c1828778b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/819d4c1323e2a9b7329021d5367aa01add22b5dc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02886c18a340da59df57365f29009e1258bfe333>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d140099165de03128c00dd129f1eab21c6a3c4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7acb36fd60a3e7b858f12e69a919c3609b281408>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce67ebe9d8629776ce38e6995ae72fb903c828db>

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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