CVE-2026-98182— wifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue
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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
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在 Linux 内核中，已修复以下漏洞： wifi: mac80211：当监控接口没有队列时，拒绝将其设置为活动状态 监控接口（monitor interface）仅在以活动状态创建时才会获得传输队列（TXQ），之后无法再添加。允许在接口处于关闭（down）状态时设置该标志，因此驱动程序会接收到一个没有队列的监控接口。ath9k 驱动在此处解引用了空指针，导致如下内核崩溃： BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000066 RIP: 00
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI
T1203 · Exploitation for Client ExecutionAffected Version Matrix 10
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93< b7b7d46ec4fa127767931938b282c361c0519af6 |
affected |
79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93< abe15e643e576459469867758ae9c586a7bab95d |
affected | ||
79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93< 46c223468537a05a404699771cd3e68532dab5e6 |
affected | ||
79af1f866193de29e65a4dba7d0dab14b0c0ff93< 2b04d6556964ae9f89819b86a0a7801e39c3aae5 |
affected | ||
4.15 |
affected | ||
< 4.15 |
unaffected | ||
6.12.112≤ 6.12.* |
unaffected | ||
6.18.54≤ 6.18.* |
unaffected | ||
| … +2 more rows | |||
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-98182
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
wifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue
A monitor interface only gets a TXQ if it's created active, and one can't
be added later. Setting the flag on a down interface is still allowed, so
the driver is handed a monitor with no queue. ath9k dereferences it:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000066
RIP: 0010:ath_tx_node_init+0x49/0x170 [ath9k]
ath9k_add_interface+0x10c/0x140 [ath9k]
drv_add_interface+0x54/0x250 [mac80211]
ieee80211_do_open+0x32f/0x800 [mac80211]
Reached with CAP_NET_ADMIN by "iw dev X set monitor active" followed by
"ip link set X up". RTNL is held, so netlink operations block behind it.
Refuse the flag when there is no queue to give.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-98182 (4)
Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-10-06 · 208 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-98323 | 9.8 CRITICAL | RDMA/siw: Bound fragmented header copies by the remaining length |
| CVE-2026-98365 | 9.8 CRITICAL | RDMA/rxe: Fix integer overflow in mr_check_range() leading to OOB access |
| CVE-2026-98282 | 8.8 HIGH | powerpc/iommu: Fix the overflow validation in iommu_tce_check_ioba |
| CVE-2026-98283 | 8.8 HIGH | KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix use-after-free in kvmhv_emulate_tlbie_all_lpid() |
| CVE-2026-98339 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: cfg80211: don't filter by BSS type when removing stale entries |
| CVE-2026-98171 | 8.8 HIGH | smb: client: fix next_buffer UAF and NextCommand bounds in compound PDUs |
| CVE-2026-98261 | 8.1 HIGH | cifs: Fix server use-after-free in cifs_chan_skip_or_disable() |
| CVE-2026-98357 | 8.1 HIGH | IB/isert: wait for deferred control PDU completions before releasing the connection |
| CVE-2026-98239 | 8.1 HIGH | net: lan743x: fix RX checksum use-after-free |
| CVE-2026-98341 | 7.8 HIGH | wifi: cfg80211: don't free driver-owned scan requests |
| CVE-2026-98324 | 7.8 HIGH | dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors |
| CVE-2026-98228 | 7.8 HIGH | mips: select CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC from CONFIG_EYEQ |
| CVE-2026-98229 | 7.8 HIGH | xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets |
| CVE-2026-98320 | 7.8 HIGH | netfilter: flowtable: hold reference on ct until flow is released |
| CVE-2026-98318 | 7.8 HIGH | smb: client: validate absolute native symlink targets before NT fixups |
| CVE-2026-98315 | 7.8 HIGH | ntfs: protect runlist updates with the runlist lock |
| CVE-2026-98260 | 7.8 HIGH | exec: Cleanup POSIX timers right after de_thread() |
| CVE-2026-98256 | 7.8 HIGH | signal: Prevent exec() race |
| CVE-2026-98258 | 7.8 HIGH | posix-cpu-timers: Prevent freeing a timer which is queued on the expiry list |
| CVE-2026-98254 | 7.8 HIGH | swiotlb: use the adjusted address for the highmem page lookup |
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