CVE-2026-98422

CVE-2026-98422

published October 14, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

wifi: mac80211: reset the AP_VLAN tailroom counter on ifdown

On ifup, AP_VLAN interfaces get crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt from

the AP interface, but it's never decremented again unless the AP is

also brought down. Thus, bringing the same AP_VLAN up again will

increment the counter again and eventually hit the sanity check:

WARN_ON_ONCE(sdata->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt !=

master->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt);

Reset it on ifdown to avoid that.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00220 · 11.8th percentile
Published
2026-10-14T18:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 14 OCT 13:27Z
    wifi: mac80211: reset the AP_VLAN tailroom counter on ifdown
    cvelistv5
  • 14 OCT 13:27Z
    wifi: mac80211: reset the AP_VLAN tailroom counter on ifdown
    cvelistv5