Bug 2555113 (CVE-2026-98709) - CVE-2026-98709 kernel: kernel: mac80211: Denial of Service via use-after-free during channel switching
Summary: CVE-2026-98709 kernel: kernel: mac80211: Denial of Service via use-after-free...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98709
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 15:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-21 14:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:55:11 UTC
In 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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