CVE-2026-98185

Updated on 06 Oct 2026

Severity

7.6 High severity

Details

CVSS score
7.6

Overview

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mwifiex: validate scan response extents

mwifiex_ret_802_11_scan() subtracts the fixed response fields and the firmware-provided BSS length from resp->size without first proving that either extent fits. A short response or oversized BSS length can therefore underflow tlv_buf_size and make the TLV parser walk beyond the command response.

Compute the fixed extent from the selected normal or background scan response. Validate that the fixed fields and BSS data fit before deriving the TLV extent and entering the parser.

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KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
CentOS 7 ELS Planned —
Debian 12 Planned —
Debian 13 Planned —