Bug 2555094 (CVE-2026-98702) - CVE-2026-98702 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via invalid channel switch frame in mac80211
Summary: CVE-2026-98702 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via invalid channel switch f...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98702
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:54 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 07:28 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:54:04 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: reject invalid 320 MHz CSA bandwidth

The HT/VHT channel definition validator can receive a 320 MHz
bandwidth indication from a received CSA frame on a non-6 GHz link.
It warns for this unsupported width but continues with an uninitialized
vht_operation.chan_width, which is then read by
ieee80211_chandef_vht_oper(). With panic_on_warn enabled, this lets a
received frame panic the kernel.

Reject the channel definition before entering the VHT operation
conversion. This preserves the existing CSA fallback while avoiding
both the warning and the uninitialized read.


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