CVE-2026-98916wifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc – < 51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71a
- affected b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc – < dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361
- affected b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc – < e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00c
- affected b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc – < 55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4
- affected 5.16
- unaffected < 5.16
- unaffected 6.6.160 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.114 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.53 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-108872 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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