CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-98423

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Oct 14, 2026Sources checked Oct 21, 2026

N/ACVSS not listedScore unavailable

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-98423. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 16, 2026

Release Notes

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-98423?

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

wifi: mac80211_hwsim: don't hand frames to mac80211 while stopping

The code checks ->started for frames coming from wmediumd, but the radio can be stopped after the check and before frame delivery, causing mac80211 to hit the WARN_ON(!local->started).

Expand the mutex for this case and synchronise against it when the radio is stopped to avoid being able to hit the warning with hwsim.

Drop the error print that would've complicated the error path, it only triggers for allocation failures (already noisy) and malformed frames anyway.

Source: NVD