---
id: CVE-2026-98916
title: 'wifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change

  When trying to do a color change, validate that the link is
  beaconing first, to avoid calling the driver with a…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc <
    51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71a
  - >-
    Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc <
    dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361
  - >-
    Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc <
    e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00c
  - >-
    Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc <
    55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4
  - Linux 5.16
published: '2026-10-23'
updated: '2026-10-26'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-26T06:56:47.686Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98916'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00c'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00174
epssPercentile: 0.06844
ingestedAt: '2026-10-23T13:24:55.570Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change

When trying to do a color change, validate that the link is
beaconing first, to avoid calling the driver with an invalid
link.

## Affected

- `Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc < 51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71a`
- `Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc < dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361`
- `Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc < e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00c`
- `Linux >= b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc < 55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4`
- `Linux 5.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.