Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98335)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98335). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: abort chanswitch when leaving a mesh
The code in ieee80211_stop_mesh() leaves CSA active, but leaving
the mesh released the channel context, so the CSA finalize work
crashes:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
0xdffffc0000000003
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
RIP: 0010:ieee80211_put_srates_elem+0x42/0x640 net/mac80211/util.c:3272
Call Trace:
ieee80211_mesh_build_beacon+0xa83/0x1b50 net/mac80211/mesh.c:1093
ieee80211_mesh_rebuild_beacon+0xc7/0x170 net/mac80211/mesh.c:1147
ieee80211_mesh_finish_csa+0x131/0x210 net/mac80211/mesh.c:1542
ieee80211_set_after_csa_beacon net/mac80211/cfg.c:4085 [inline]
__ieee80211_csa_finalize net/mac80211/cfg.c:4133 [inline]
ieee80211_csa_finalize+0x633/0x1150 net/mac80211/cfg.c:4155
cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x2ab/0x450 net/wireless/core.c:438
Abort the channel switch properly.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98335 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-98335" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98335 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com