# wifi: ath11k: reset ar->num_stations on hardware start

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98936`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98936`
- **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:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:11 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: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 302b622d5f3c9ef5efa36e41e69d278599265cfc` (git)
  - affected: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 5f814ca9a68fd12a51fe82c36a4a876f5b8329f1` (git)
  - affected: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before a78f2d082f72e3c140c4542cade7f7f56f3cc62d` (git)
  - affected: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 60142eb2afda34508e640a3ff2a54c90e51525cc` (git)
  - affected: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before c3ac51701e925e8d50479ae2fddca51a09f636e8` (git)
  - affected: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 9a9467f7cc633b31e4c34a2c56aa095e0c3fa853` (git)
  - affected: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before c27779d3679c695674747744390f97a5424a0dc8` (git)
  - affected: `d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d to before 7e0ad05ebc72fffba2bdf2400400902d94ed7272` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.6`
  - unaffected: `before 5.6` (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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98936](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98936)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98936](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98936)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302b622d5f3c9ef5efa36e41e69d278599265cfc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f814ca9a68fd12a51fe82c36a4a876f5b8329f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a78f2d082f72e3c140c4542cade7f7f56f3cc62d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60142eb2afda34508e640a3ff2a54c90e51525cc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3ac51701e925e8d50479ae2fddca51a09f636e8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9467f7cc633b31e4c34a2c56aa095e0c3fa853>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c27779d3679c695674747744390f97a5424a0dc8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e0ad05ebc72fffba2bdf2400400902d94ed7272>

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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