{"id":"CVE-2026-98874","title":"kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect (CVE-2026-98874)","summary":"A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's iwlwifi driver. A local user can trigger an unintended kernel warning by configuring Wake on Wireless LAN (WoWLAN) and suspending the system while disconnected from a network. On systems configured to…","severity":"low","cvss":2.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":"CWE-617","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","affected":["enterprise_linux 10","enterprise_linux 9","openshift_container_platform 4"],"published":"2026-10-23","updated":"2026-10-26","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-26T11:05:36+00:00","source":"CSAF","sourceUrl":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98874.json","references":[{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98874.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98874"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2559570"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98874"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98874"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98874.mbox"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4158bc784f4b45c8daa446a8e1c29eb11f63674"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/301b0dfa9db3f1e204de95e803bbd88fbd878c7c"}],"tags":["csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"epss":0.00192,"epssPercentile":0.08797,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-23T13:24:55.584Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98874","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in the Linux kernel's iwlwifi driver. A local user can trigger an unintended kernel warning by configuring Wake on Wireless LAN (WoWLAN) and suspending the system while disconnected from a network. On systems configured to panic or halt on kernel warnings, this flaw may lead to a system crash and a denial of service (DoS).\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-10-26 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98874.json)\n\n**kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect** — rated Low by Red Hat. Released 2026-10-23, updated 2026-10-26.\n\nAffected:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9\n- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4\n\nNo fix planned:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9\n- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4\n\nNot affected:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9\n- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4\n\n## Remediation\n\nFix deferred","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":13,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":12.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":229308,"id":"CVE-2026-98874","ts":1793019673925,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"2.3"},{"seq":229307,"id":"CVE-2026-98874","ts":1793019673925,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"low"}]}