wifi: libertas: reject short monitor TX frames
CVE-2026-98890 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98890, released October 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: reject short monitor TX frames In monitor mode, lbs_hard_start_xmit() casts skb->data to a radiotap TX header, skips that header, and then copies the 802.11 destination address from offset 4 in the remaining frame. The generic length check only rejects zero-length and oversized skbs, so a short monitor frame can be read past the end of the skb data. Require enough bytes for the radiotap TX header and the destination address field before using the monitor-mode header layout.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| bpftool · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| bpftool · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-container · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-container · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-container-debug · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-container-debug · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-core · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-core · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-devel · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-devel · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-doc · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-doc · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-modules · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-modules · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-core · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-core · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek | ELSA-2026-500574 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.190-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98890 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.111-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98890 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 7.2.6-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98890 | Oct 24, 2026 |
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