CVE-2026-98422

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: reset the AP_VLAN tailroom counter on ifdown On ifup, AP_VLAN interfaces get crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt from the AP interface, but it's never decremented again unless the AP is also brought down. Thus, bringing the same AP_VLAN up again will increment the counter again and eventually hit the sanity check: WARN_ON_ONCE(sdata->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt != master->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt); Reset it on ifdown to avoid that.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-10-14

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/304a874670a0b6ab5589a7f60b4af0251797b121
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d76b45e8432c0d75fcb9e90d92eaa3176898adf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4504f3960dc4501c73be9f99eabda2e26e9db41e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b54d01b48445b66c9e576de92b90a3a3ae7b34a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7775759e3cb35ef5a571b2d877c2a9b70a5d5f08

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