CVE-2026-98425

wifi: mac80211: don't warn when an IBSS has no channel to scan

CVE-2026-98425 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98425, released October 16, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
1.9
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0021
11th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't warn when an IBSS has no channel to scan ieee80211_request_ibss_scan() warns when regulatory leaves no allowed channel, but that can happen as the regdomain can change while IBSS is operating, and it can continue to operate briefly during the 60s grace period until it's shut down. Just remove the warning in this case.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.113-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98425 Oct 16, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98425 Oct 16, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98425 Oct 16, 2026

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