# wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix sched scan IE sizing

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98889`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98889`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 11:37 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: `eae94cf82d7456b57fa9fd55c1edb8a726dcc19c to before f2268060e99f94314b9988dfa17393c2694fa9b2` (git)
  - affected: `eae94cf82d7456b57fa9fd55c1edb8a726dcc19c to before 358eca9a898ad4cce7453e9dcfd005d019a2b01f` (git)
  - affected: `eae94cf82d7456b57fa9fd55c1edb8a726dcc19c to before 05f79cea3b15cfe600b205ddcfd51ebee15d908a` (git)
  - affected: `eae94cf82d7456b57fa9fd55c1edb8a726dcc19c to before a24417478f90e9f1a4ea24cd4b784afccb56fbae` (git)
  - affected: `eae94cf82d7456b57fa9fd55c1edb8a726dcc19c to before 0a63f98e5163a2ec2822dfb691ee5a6094de08ec` (git)
  - affected: `eae94cf82d7456b57fa9fd55c1edb8a726dcc19c to before 4f155d262b31b9b17e0f9856bdabe0968eb4930f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.11`
  - unaffected: `before 5.11` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 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

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th 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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98889](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98889)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98889](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98889)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2268060e99f94314b9988dfa17393c2694fa9b2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/358eca9a898ad4cce7453e9dcfd005d019a2b01f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f79cea3b15cfe600b205ddcfd51ebee15d908a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a24417478f90e9f1a4ea24cd4b784afccb56fbae>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a63f98e5163a2ec2822dfb691ee5a6094de08ec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f155d262b31b9b17e0f9856bdabe0968eb4930f>

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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