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CVE-2026-98425

wifi: mac80211: don't warn when an IBSS has no channel to scan

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 11th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS —Not scoredEPSS percentile11th0.2% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix1 product4 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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  • LinuxAffected: ≥ 34bcf71502413f8903ade93746f2d0f04b937a78, < bb91c15953705445778c170a2523f12351c4d928Upgrade to: bb91c15953705445778c170a2523f12351c4d928Affected: ≥ 34bcf71502413f8903ade93746f2d0f04b937a78, < 5f139e17f5bdba6b68177dd8afe13fa4549dfc5fUpgrade to: 5f139e17f5bdba6b68177dd8afe13fa4549dfc5fAffected: ≥ 34bcf71502413f8903ade93746f2d0f04b937a78, < 23d51c0bc18f21d957756ba4650520bb3bc726b2Upgrade to: 23d51c0bc18f21d957756ba4650520bb3bc726b2Affected: ≥ 34bcf71502413f8903ade93746f2d0f04b937a78, < a7491b7efbd9136b120a12ed72af9c12121dd134Upgrade to: a7491b7efbd9136b120a12ed72af9c12121dd134 + 4 more branchesStated 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: don't warn when an IBSS has no channel to scan ieee80211_request_ibss_scan() warns when regulatory leaves no allowed channel, but that can happen as the regdomain can change while IBSS is operating, and it can continue to operate briefly during the 60s grace period until it's shut down. Just remove the warning in this case.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS11th
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 11th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

4 events over 8 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Record updated
  3. Publishedrecord updated

Affected products

Sources

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