Bug 2559630 (CVE-2026-98958)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98958 kernel: wifi: mt76: account non-AQL frames per peer rather than per link
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mt76 wireless driver. When handling connections that use Multi-Link Operation (MLO), transmission completions can be reported on a different wireless link than the one where packets were initially queued, causing packet accounting counters to drift upward incorrectly. This issue can block network packet transmission, allowing an adjacent network participant or peer traffic to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) for the wireless station.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 12:46:09 UTC

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

wifi: mt76: account non-AQL frames per peer rather than per link

The driver increments wcid->non_aql_packets when a frame goes to the
hardware queue. The completion path decrements the counter again.

For an MLO peer, the hardware reports the completion on the link that it
used for the transmission. This link can differ from the link that the
driver queued the frame on. In that case, the increment and the
decrement go to different link wcids, and the count drifts upwards until
it blocks the station.

Keep the count on the wcid of the primary link, like the other peer-wide
state.