{"id":"CVE-2026-98325","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: set up the TX info early to fix failure paths\n\nThe previous commit 2c51457d930f (\"wifi: mac80211: free ack status\nframe on TX header build failure\") cle…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: set up the TX info early to fix failure paths\n\nThe previous commit 2c51457d930f (\"wifi: mac80211: free ack status\nframe on TX header build failure\") cle…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 < df711e9fa20d7e996711c7f43a11a71805bef78d","Linux >= c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 < 420fcc2fdeae6ecd682d2b1605a0a54c88aed4aa","Linux >= c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 < 36e6f0a5e6d7238f4023e77f423c1c1414374309","Linux >= c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 < 0fb37d2b6cb829cebdaea80f39011469f474bdcc","Linux >= c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 < 03d67414bd05b86029afc14535238a9393eac1c6","Linux >= c3e7724b6bc2f25e46c38dbe68f09d71fafeafb8 < 50d3d79dc0743b616afb00d01a626c76758721f7","Linux fd39be7ff6f81f2dc91ba6e5f87944abef5b4802","Linux >= 3.6.3 < 3.7","Linux 3.7"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T09:18:24.693","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98325","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03d67414bd05b86029afc14535238a9393eac1c6","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb37d2b6cb829cebdaea80f39011469f474bdcc","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e6f0a5e6d7238f4023e77f423c1c1414374309","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/420fcc2fdeae6ecd682d2b1605a0a54c88aed4aa","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50d3d79dc0743b616afb00d01a626c76758721f7","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df711e9fa20d7e996711c7f43a11a71805bef78d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T08:50:17.404Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98325","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: set up the TX info early to fix failure paths\n\nThe previous commit 2c51457d930f (\"wifi: mac80211: free ack status\nframe on TX header build failure\") cleaned up the leak, but still\nleft the code a bit messy and the failed SKB didn't get reported\nto userspace.\n\nFix this up by initialising skb->cb[] earlier, which allows using\nieee80211_free_txskb() and therefore reports it for the failure\nin ieee80211_build_hdr(), and unifies the ieee80211_skb_resize()\nfailure path with it.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}