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CVE-2026-98829ImportantAdjacentRevised 5 Nov

wifi: mac80211: drop oversized fragments to avoid extra_len overflow

MSRC advisory NVD CVE.org

Assessment

Severity
Important
CVSS base score
8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Impact
Not stated
EPSS · 30-day forecast
No EPSS score collected
Public detection template
No Nuclei template is listed in the current collected catalog
Exploitation detected
Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Exploitability
Not assessed
Publicly disclosed
Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Customer action
Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance
Component
Mariner
Weakness
—
Issued by
Linux
Published
20 Oct 2026 · October 2026
Last revised
5 Nov 2026Information published.
CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it
Attack vector
AdjacentAV:A
Attack complexity
LowAC:L
Privileges required
NonePR:N
User interaction
NoneUI:N
Scope
UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality
NoneC:N
Integrity
HighI:H
Availability
HighA:H

Updates that fix it

0 KBs

No KB listed

No KB update is listed in the collected MSRC record. Check the MSRC advisory for product releases and other remedies.

Affected products

Open Source Software
3 affected products
  • azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 kernel 6.6.161.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

What changed

  1. Detection template: Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  2. Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  3. Affected products: azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.161.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  4. Detection template: Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  5. Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  6. Affected products: azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  7. Detection template: No Nuclei template listed · Customer action: Required: apply the update → Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance · Public disclosure: No → Unknown: not stated by MSRC · Exploitation detected: Not reported by MSRC → Unknown: not stated by MSRC
  8. Detection template: Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed · CISA KEV: Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog
  9. Detection template: No Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained · CISA KEV: Not listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained
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  1. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Public detection templateUnknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  2. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
  3. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
  4. 6 Nov 2026 · 17:32:22 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
  5. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Public detection templateNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  6. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
  7. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Source coverage: first-epssCurrent → Incomplete
  8. 6 Nov 2026 · 16:31:02 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfCurrent → Incomplete
  9. 6 Nov 2026 · 09:07:49 UTC Last revised1 Nov 2026 14:50 UTC → 5 Nov 2026 14:49 UTC
  10. 6 Nov 2026 · 09:07:49 UTC Affected productsazl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.161.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  11. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Public detection templateUnknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  12. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
  13. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
  14. 2 Nov 2026 · 17:30:39 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
  15. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Public detection templateNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: detection-template evidence is incomplete or retained
  16. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
  17. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Source coverage: first-epssCurrent → Incomplete
  18. 2 Nov 2026 · 16:27:39 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfCurrent → Incomplete
  19. 2 Nov 2026 · 09:04:36 UTC Last revised21 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC → 1 Nov 2026 14:50 UTC
  20. 2 Nov 2026 · 09:04:36 UTC Affected productsazl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 → azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  21. 29 Oct 2026 · 20:19:26 UTC Public detection templateNo Nuclei template listed
  22. 29 Oct 2026 · 20:19:26 UTC EPSSNot scored → No EPSS score collected
  23. 29 Oct 2026 · 20:19:26 UTC Customer actionRequired: apply the update → Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance
  24. 29 Oct 2026 · 20:19:26 UTC Publicly disclosedNo → Unknown: not stated by MSRC
  25. 29 Oct 2026 · 20:19:26 UTC Exploitation detectedNot reported by MSRC → Unknown: not stated by MSRC
  26. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Public exploit codeUnknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
  27. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC CISA KEVUnknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog
  28. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
  29. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
  30. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevIncomplete → Current
  31. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
  32. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Public exploit codeNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained
  33. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC CISA KEVNot listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained
  34. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
  35. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: first-epssCurrent → Incomplete
  36. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevCurrent → Incomplete
  37. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfCurrent → Incomplete
  38. 21 Oct 2026 · 20:45:25 UTC Last revised20 Oct 2026 14:44 UTC → 21 Oct 2026 18:41 UTC

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Collected exploitation and prediction evidence

Risk source coverage

CISA KEV is observed exploitation evidence. FIRST EPSS is a dated prediction of exploitation in the next 30 days. Missing scores are unknown. This collector requests predictions only for explicit CVE aliases in the public NuGet archive; Microsoft release views retain their existing prediction scope.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-98829

Published

wifi: mac80211: drop oversized fragments to avoid extra_len overflow

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: drop oversized fragments to avoid extra_len overflow In ieee80211_rx_h_defragment(), fragment payloads are accumulated into entry->extra_len as subsequent fragments arrive: entry->extra_len += rx->skb->len; When the final fragment arrives, the head fragment is dequeued, and pskb_expand_head() is called with entry->extra_len to ensure sufficient tailroom for all queued fragments before copying: if (skb_tailroom(rx->skb) < entry->extra_len) { if (unlikely(pskb_expand_head(rx->skb, 0, entry->extra_len, GFP_ATOMIC))) { ... } } while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&entry->skb_list))) { skb_put_data(rx->skb, skb->data, skb->len); dev_kfree_skb(skb); } In commit 69f132236827 ("mac80211: shrink struct ieee80211_fragment_entry"), entry->extra_len was narrowed from unsigned int to u16 in order to reduce structure memory footprint. However, an IEEE 802.11 frame sequence can contain up to 16 fragments (frag numbers 0..15). If a sequence of large fragments arrives (e.g. from a malicious peer or rogue AP), the sum of fragment lengths can exceed 65535 bytes (for example, 15 fragments of 4400 bytes total 66000 bytes). Because extra_len is a u16, this addition overflows and wraps around modulo 65536 (e.g. 66000 wraps to 464). Consequently, pskb_expand_head() allocates only the truncated amount of tailroom (or is skipped entirely if the head fragment already has >= 464 bytes of tailroom). When skb_put_data() subsequently iterates through the queued skb list, it appends the full payload into the undersized buffer, causing skb_put() to trigger skb_over_panic() and crash the kernel in softirq context. A legitimate MSDU in IEEE 802.11 is at most 2304 bytes (or up to 7935/11454 bytes for A-MSDU, which is not fragmented), well below U16_MAX. Fix this without increasing the size of struct ieee80211_fragment_entry by checking whether adding the incoming fragment length would exceed U16_MAX. If so, purge the queued fragments and drop the frame. [assign a separate drop reason]

Source published
18 Oct 2026 15:49:29 UTC
Source modified
19 Oct 2026 09:26:21 UTC
Observed here
23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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