In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: cfg80211: ibss: ref BSS entry for joined event
When the IBSS is joined, we only record the BSSID/channel in the event
and look up the BSS entry when processing it. However, that's racy,
e.g. a new scan with NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FLUSH can remove it, causing a
warning in the event work:
!bss
WARNING: net/wireless/ibss.c:37 at __cfg80211_ibss_joined+0x3d3/0x440
Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_event_work
cfg80211_process_wdev_events+0x39f/0x5b0 net/wireless/util.c:1144
cfg80211_process_rdev_events+0xa1/0x110 net/wireless/util.c:1179
cfg80211_event_work+0x2f/0x40 net/wireless/core.c:393
Do the lookup early (the driver is expected to only join an IBSS that
has a BSS entry) and keep a reference to it.
wifi: cfg80211: ibss: ref BSS entry for joined event
When the IBSS is joined, we only record the BSSID/channel in the event
and look up the BSS entry when processing it. However, that's racy,
e.g. a new scan with NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FLUSH can remove it, causing a
warning in the event work:
!bss
WARNING: net/wireless/ibss.c:37 at __cfg80211_ibss_joined+0x3d3/0x440
Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_event_work
cfg80211_process_wdev_events+0x39f/0x5b0 net/wireless/util.c:1144
cfg80211_process_rdev_events+0xa1/0x110 net/wireless/util.c:1179
cfg80211_event_work+0x2f/0x40 net/wireless/core.c:393
Do the lookup early (the driver is expected to only join an IBSS that
has a BSS entry) and keep a reference to it.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: ibss: ref BSS entry for joined event When the IBSS is joined, we only record the BSSID/channel in the event and look up the BSS entry when processing it. However, that's racy, e.g. a new scan with NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FLUSH can remove it, causing a warning in the event work: !bss WARNING: net/wireless/ibss.c:37 at __cfg80211_ibss_joined+0x3d3/0x440 Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_event_work cfg80211_process_wdev_events+0x39f/0x5b0 net/wireless/util.c:1144 cfg80211_process_rdev_events+0xa1/0x110 net/wireless/util.c:1179 cfg80211_event_work+0x2f/0x40 net/wireless/core.c:393 Do the lookup early (the driver is expected to only join an IBSS that has a BSS entry) and keep a reference to it. | |
| Title | wifi: cfg80211: ibss: ref BSS entry for joined event | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T08:46:29.213Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.342Z
Link: CVE-2026-98338
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T09:18:26.437
Modified: 2026-10-06T09:18:26.437
Link: CVE-2026-98338
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