{"id":"CVE-2026-98337","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: don't start a ROC while scanning\n\nThe ROC work can be pending when a scan starts (which requires\nROC list to be empty, but that's possible), and then a …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: don't start a ROC while scanning\n\nThe ROC work can be pending when a scan starts (which requires\nROC list to be empty, but that's possible), and then a …","severity":"medium","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= aaa016ccd5df89d73483d0d51ee1f692978ccc35 < 5dc8ec2f8d1d62914661577c23ec151f5c9734a4","Linux >= aaa016ccd5df89d73483d0d51ee1f692978ccc35 < 81baab8b645ec532bad2b7a8464191c720ef8fd9","Linux >= aaa016ccd5df89d73483d0d51ee1f692978ccc35 < 58b806f699052c572dec6cab2c376f884f27e98f","Linux >= aaa016ccd5df89d73483d0d51ee1f692978ccc35 < 733f0fde95392ed5f61a4e36aee661ea8d0e8581","Linux 4.5"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T09:18:26.303","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98337","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b806f699052c572dec6cab2c376f884f27e98f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc8ec2f8d1d62914661577c23ec151f5c9734a4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/733f0fde95392ed5f61a4e36aee661ea8d0e8581","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81baab8b645ec532bad2b7a8464191c720ef8fd9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98337.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98337"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546513"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98337"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98337"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98337.mbox"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T08:50:17.401Z","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":["CWE-366"],"epss":0.00175,"epssPercentile":0.06996,"slug":"CVE-2026-98337","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: don't start a ROC while scanning\n\nThe ROC work can be pending when a scan starts (which requires\nROC list to be empty, but that's possible), and then a new ROC\ncan be added to the list and the work will pick it up.\n\nAvoid starting that ROC if a scan made it between things, as\notherwise we'll hit a warning later:\n\n  WARNING: net/mac80211/offchannel.c:404 at ieee80211_start_next_roc+0x256/0x2d0\n  Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work\n  Call Trace:\n   __ieee80211_scan_completed+0x4fd/0xe40 net/mac80211/scan.c:537\n   ieee80211_scan_work+0x472/0x1ff0 net/mac80211/scan.c:1193\n   cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x410/0x570 net/wireless/core.c:513\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, … · updated 2026-10-18 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98337.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":219147,"id":"CVE-2026-98337","ts":1791707074996,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.5"},{"seq":219146,"id":"CVE-2026-98337","ts":1791707074996,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}