CVE-2026-98345 in Linuxinfo

Summary

by MITRE • 10/06/2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: check IP header size in cfg80211_classify8021d()

A frame that looks like IP can be transmitted, but be too short, so the DS field is read incorrectly:

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in cfg80211_classify8021d+0x99d/0x12b0 net/wireless/util.c:1027 cfg80211_classify8021d+0x99d/0x12b0 net/wireless/util.c:1027 ieee80211_select_queue+0x37a/0x9e0 net/mac80211/wme.c:180 __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x60f/0x1d90 net/mac80211/tx.c:4304 ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0xa8/0x6d0 net/mac80211/tx.c:4538 ... packet_sendmsg+0x9173/0xa2a0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3108

Use skb_header_pointer() like the MPLS case.

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Responsible

Linux

Reservation

09/25/2026

Disclosure

10/06/2026

Moderation

accepted

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

no

Activities

very low

Sources

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