CVE-2026-98891

Status: Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: validate deauth frame length before reason access ieee80211_rx_mgmt_deauth() reads the deauth reason code before checking that the fixed field is actually present in the received frame. Validate the deauth frame length first and only then read the reason code.

Published
October 23, 2026 12:18 PM
Last Modified
October 23, 2026 12:18 PM
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

References

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