Riskcovery

CVE-2026-98916

wifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 26, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

wifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change

When trying to do a color change, validate that the link is beaconing first, to avoid calling the driver with an invalid link.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc to before 51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71aAffected
  • b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc to before dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361Affected
  • b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc to before e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00cAffected
  • b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc to before 55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.16Affected
  • before 5.16Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.114 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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