CVE-2026-98333
wifi: mac80211: reset the LED state when ifup fails
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 5th percentile. Fixed versions are out.
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- LinuxAffected: ≥ 67408c8c7b9daf28b50e33be3541334c07d15789, < de6f9561db572df86d65c05545eb2397313bb8a5Upgrade to: de6f9561db572df86d65c05545eb2397313bb8a5Affected: ≥ 67408c8c7b9daf28b50e33be3541334c07d15789, < 78183e8331958fda11cd2b6850bb424a9747c4b2Upgrade to: 78183e8331958fda11cd2b6850bb424a9747c4b2Stated by: CVE record
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What it is
From the CVE record
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: reset the LED state when ifup fails When the first interface comes up, the radio LED is turned on. This can start the TPT trigger timer, which continues running. But if bringing up the interface fails then the timer keeps running and won't be stopped by anything, eventually it can be freed: ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object: ffff888127e12130 object type: timer_list hint: tpt_trig_timer+0x0/0x300 net/mac80211/led.c:145 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5923 at lib/debugobjects.c:612 debug_print_object+0x1a2/0x2b0 debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x4b7/0x600 lib/debugobjects.c:1129 kfree+0x436/0x670 mm/slub.c:6818 ieee80211_led_exit+0x162/0x1c0 net/mac80211/led.c:210 ieee80211_unregister_hw+0x27e/0x3a0 net/mac80211/main.c:1706 rt2x00lib_remove_dev+0x55b/0x670 Undo the LED state in the error path.
In plain language
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Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 5th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
2 events over 0 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
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