{"cve":"CVE-2026-98182","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-06T09:18:02.967","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:18.537","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue\n\nA monitor interface only gets a TXQ if it's created active, and one can't\nbe added later. Setting the flag on a down interface is still allowed, so\nthe driver is handed a monitor with no queue. ath9k dereferences it:\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000066\n  RIP: 0010:ath_tx_node_init+0x49/0x170 [ath9k]\n   ath9k_add_interface+0x10c/0x140 [ath9k]\n   drv_add_interface+0x54/0x250 [mac80211]\n   ieee80211_do_open+0x32f/0x800 [mac80211]\n\nReached with CAP_NET_ADMIN by \"iw dev X set monitor active\" followed by\n\"ip link set X up\". RTNL is held, so netlink operations block behind it.\n\nRefuse the flag when there is no queue to give.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b04d6556964ae9f89819b86a0a7801e39c3aae5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c223468537a05a404699771cd3e68532dab5e6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe15e643e576459469867758ae9c586a7bab95d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b7d46ec4fa127767931938b282c361c0519af6"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:57:46.668721662+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98182","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.06055,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}