CVE-2026-98328 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Published on October 6, 2026
wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: add HE 6 GHz capability in the scan elems len
The HE 6 GHz Band Capability element is in the probe request for
every band if 6 GHz is supported, so add the size to scan_ies_len.
Otherwise, building probe request elements can fail, triggering the
WARN_ON in __ieee80211_start_scan().
Products Associated with CVE-2026-98328
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 and below db19d5414227d86cee77a000607a6710d7f36853 is affected.
- Version 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 and below be7bfdea1ec9b672a80c736bd6ed932e1adebef8 is affected.
- Version 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 and below 8659bd6c4c852096b6621086d1ea38eed84b454a is affected.
- Version 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 and below ad5bd0f6a0c337a80c141ea8e6c7a1d9c145be79 is affected.
- Version 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 and below 9d83c08dcce808c732988a5291e3ef4f59d09edb is affected.
- Version 2ad2274c58ee2dcaf9ccde5c63ff30f59b138f77 and below cd54bf333f5631d3630bab0a832e9ae648f73515 is affected.
- Version 5.8 is affected.
- Before 5.8 is unaffected.
- Version 6.1.189, <= 6.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.6.158, <= 6.6.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.12.112, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.54, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.2.8, <= 7.2.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.3-rc4, <= * is unaffected.