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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-98423

CVE-2026-98423: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping

Published Oct 14, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · Linux Linux Kernel

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-98423. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux Kernel is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium—
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.21%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
Linux Kernel · linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping The code checks ->started for frames coming from wmediumd, but the radio can be stopped after the check and before frame delivery, causing mac80211 to hit the WARN_ON(!local->started). Expand the mutex for this case and synchronise against it when the radio is stopped to avoid being able to hit the warning with hwsim. Drop the error print that would've complicated the error path, it only triggers for allocation failures (already noisy) and malformed frames anyway.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • Linux Kernel3.1.0 → 6.1.189; 6.2.0 → 6.6.158; 6.7.0 → 6.12.112
  • linux kernelversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-98423

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-98423. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux Kernel is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Kernel 3.1.0 → 6.1.189; 6.2.0 → 6.6.158; 6.7.0 → 6.12.112. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 14, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database

    Detected

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping The code checks ->started for frames coming from wmediumd, but the radio can be stopped after the check and before frame delivery, causing mac80211 to hit the WARN_ON(!local->started). Expand the mutex for this case and synchronise against it when the radio is stop

  2. Oct 18, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    Kernel fixed in 6.1.189; Kernel fixed in 6.6.158; Kernel fixed in 6.12.112; Kernel fixed in 6.18.54

  3. Oct 18, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Fix available

    Kernel fixed in 6.1.189; 6.2.0

  4. Oct 18, 2026 · OpenSSF OSV / OSV Scanner

    Updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping The code checks ->started for frames coming from wmediumd, but the radio can be stopped after the check and before frame delivery, causing mac80211 to hit the WARN_ON(!local->started). Expand the mutex for this case and synchronise against it when the radio is stop

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-98423

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-98423

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • Linux Kernel CVEVendor advisoryCVE-2026-98423

    From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Description =========== In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping The code checks ->started for frames coming from wmediumd, but the radio can be stopped after th

    git.kernel.org
  • OpenSSF OSV / OSV ScannerPackage advisoryCVE-2026-98423

    wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping

    osv.dev
  • Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-98423

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping The code checks ->started for frames coming from wmediumd, but the radio can be stopped after the check and before frame delivery, causing mac80211 to hit the WARN_ON(!local->started). Expand the mutex for this case and synchronise against it when the radio is stop

    tenable.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.