CVE-2026-98709

NameCVE-2026-98709
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: count only matching reservations in reserved switch ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_switch() validates a replacement by counting assigned links on ctx->replace_ctx and treating reservations too broadly. A link can still be assigned to the old channel context while holding a reservation that belongs to a different replacement operation. That can make the current replacement appear complete too early. If another link finalizes first, the function can free the WILL_BE_REPLACED chanctx while the unmatched link and driver still use it, leading to a use-after-free in later beacon generation. Require an in-place reservation to point at the current replacement context, and require the reserved and assigned contexts to be the matching replacement pair, before counting or moving the link.
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ReferencesDLA-4850-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bookworm6.1.176-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.190-1vulnerable
trixie6.12.107-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.115-2fixed
forky7.2.15-1fixed
sid7.3.3-1fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)bookworm (security)6.12.115-2~deb12u1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.113-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.2.10-1
linux-6.12sourcebookworm6.12.113-1~deb12u1DLA-4850-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/437f3727b4fd715266c296435c116288f82666fd (7.3-rc6)

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