{"cve":"CVE-2026-98889","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T12:18:22.717","modified":"2026-10-26T07:17:14.010","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix sched scan IE sizing\n\nScheduled scan built the probe request before iwl_mvm_scan_fits(),\nso oversized IEs could be copied into the fixed preq buffer before\nlength validation. Move iwl_mvm_build_scan_probe() after the fits\ncheck.\n\nAlso advertise max_sched_scan_ie_len using iwl_mvm_max_scan_ie_len()\nso userspace limits account for driver-inserted DS/TPC bytes.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f79cea3b15cfe600b205ddcfd51ebee15d908a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a63f98e5163a2ec2822dfb691ee5a6094de08ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/358eca9a898ad4cce7453e9dcfd005d019a2b01f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f155d262b31b9b17e0f9856bdabe0968eb4930f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a24417478f90e9f1a4ea24cd4b784afccb56fbae"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T07:33:01.631659812+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98889","score":0.00169,"percentile":0.06282,"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."]}