{"schema":"threatline.record/2","record":{"id":"CVE-2026-98338","aliases":[],"summary":"wifi: cfg80211: ibss: ref BSS entry for joined event","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: ibss: ref BSS entry for joined event\n\nWhen the IBSS is joined, we only record the BSSID/channel in the event\nand look up the BSS entry when processing it. However, that's racy,\ne.g. a new scan with NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FLUSH can remove it, causing a\nwarning in the event work:\n\n  !bss\n  WARNING: net/wireless/ibss.c:37 at __cfg80211_ibss_joined+0x3d3/0x440\n  Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_event_work\n   cfg80211_process_wdev_events+0x39f/0x5b0 net/wireless/util.c:1144\n   cfg80211_process_rdev_events+0xa1/0x110 net/wireless/util.c:1179\n   cfg80211_event_work+0x2f/0x40 net/wireless/core.c:393\n\nDo the lookup early (the driver is expected to only join an IBSS that\nhas a BSS entry) and keep a reference to it.","categories":["Operating systems"],"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","ecosystem":null,"affected_ranges":[{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98338","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:17:49.327Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"version":"667503ddcb96f3b10211f997fe55907fa7509841","lessThan":"b0e3f019e461ac42e45aa3ec1216cefaca2f4a8b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"667503ddcb96f3b10211f997fe55907fa7509841","lessThan":"708f9d43d6a2eb9c6b83fe62af628de9dffd9314","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98338","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:17:49.327Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"version":"2.6.32","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.32","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.8","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"defaultStatus":"affected"}],"fixed_versions":[{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98338","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:17:49.327Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","package":{"name":"Linux","ecosystem":null},"version":"708f9d43d6a2eb9c6b83fe62af628de9dffd9314","basis":"first unaffected version stated in the CVE record"}],"cvss":null,"severity":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"epss":{"probability":0.00162,"percentile":0.05094,"score_date":"2026-10-23"},"published_at":"2026-10-06T08:46:29.213Z","modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:17:49.327Z","provenance":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98338","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:17:49.327Z"},{"source":"EPSS","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-98338","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-23"}],"sources":["CVE List","EPSS"],"references":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e3f019e461ac42e45aa3ec1216cefaca2f4a8b"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708f9d43d6a2eb9c6b83fe62af628de9dffd9314"}],"locations":[],"motoko_assessment":{"status":"requires_architecture_review","automatic_remediation":false},"cve_state":"PUBLISHED","classification":{"method":"product-first software-layer rules","rules_version":"2.1","matched_on":"product","confidence":"heuristic","reviewed":false},"change_timestamp":"2026-10-19T09:17:49.327Z","content_hash":"2491d5550139660a13663c8dd9fc8725c44d0508d02407288bfff28eb9f6a842"}}