CVE-2026-98195

NameCVE-2026-98195
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlegacy: fix broadcast stations deallocation On the error path of __il4965_up(), il_dealloc_bcast_stations() clears only IL_STA_UCODE_ACTIVE, leaving IL_STA_BCAST set. This causes the same broadcast stations to be deallocated again by __il4965_down(). This can occur when RF_KILL is toggled during driver startup. To fix clear the entire 'used' field, since we will not do any other operations on the station.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4841-1, DLA-4850-1, DSA-6568-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bookworm6.1.176-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.190-1fixed
trixie6.12.107-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.113-1fixed
forky, sid7.2.12-1fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)bookworm (security)6.12.113-1~deb12u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.190-1DLA-4841-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.113-1DSA-6568-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.2.8-1
linux-6.12sourcebookworm6.12.113-1~deb12u1DLA-4850-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/b5526b780f8b297a76030410b96ba29153afb98f (7.3-rc4)

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