# wifi: libertas: reject short monitor TX frames

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98890`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98890`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **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: `876c9d3aeb989cf1961f2c228d309ba5dcfb1172 to before 68c92c991ddb75dfd3fd62a94a1d4d2dde44dc3c` (git)
  - affected: `876c9d3aeb989cf1961f2c228d309ba5dcfb1172 to before d865dd6de8295f2bfaa83f0f5d49d2bef1543065` (git)
  - affected: `876c9d3aeb989cf1961f2c228d309ba5dcfb1172 to before 6576baa3fdbaa91fa75e4ba27095f4b8a27349a8` (git)
  - affected: `876c9d3aeb989cf1961f2c228d309ba5dcfb1172 to before b657cc98d7936c5d9ed7e0e1944ad0e1f36375bb` (git)
  - affected: `876c9d3aeb989cf1961f2c228d309ba5dcfb1172 to before 443fac3de65c76544b450b9f9903be8989150d55` (git)
  - affected: `876c9d3aeb989cf1961f2c228d309ba5dcfb1172 to before cdcfd662c67833d89ee3d912efde2eb67c8a7326` (git)
  - affected: `876c9d3aeb989cf1961f2c228d309ba5dcfb1172 to before 13ff543e0b2c713aedeaadadde686686e949dc78` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.22`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.22` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (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

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0019, the 8th 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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98890](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98890)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98890](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98890)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c92c991ddb75dfd3fd62a94a1d4d2dde44dc3c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d865dd6de8295f2bfaa83f0f5d49d2bef1543065>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6576baa3fdbaa91fa75e4ba27095f4b8a27349a8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b657cc98d7936c5d9ed7e0e1944ad0e1f36375bb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443fac3de65c76544b450b9f9903be8989150d55>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdcfd662c67833d89ee3d912efde2eb67c8a7326>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13ff543e0b2c713aedeaadadde686686e949dc78>

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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