CVE-2026-98422
En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad:
wifi: mac80211: restablecer el contador de tailroom de AP_VLAN al desactivar la interfaz
Al activar la interfaz, las interfaces AP_VLAN obtienen crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt de la interfaz AP, pero este nunca se vuelve a decrementar salvo que también se desactive el AP. Por tanto, al volver a activar la misma AP_VLAN se incrementa de nuevo el contador y, finalmente, se alcanza la comprobación de coherencia:
Restablecerlo al desactivar la interfaz para evitarlo.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
WARN_ON_ONCE(sdata->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt !=
master->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt);Traducción automática del texto original de NVD (en inglés).
CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días
- 0.22 %
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas
- 12
- Fecha de la puntuación
- 21/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
Mostrar las 8 referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/304a874670a0b6ab5589a7f60b4af0251797b121
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d76b45e8432c0d75fcb9e90d92eaa3176898adf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4504f3960dc4501c73be9f99eabda2e26e9db41e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b54d01b48445b66c9e576de92b90a3a3ae7b34a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7775759e3cb35ef5a571b2d877c2a9b70a5d5f08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/875835377d8d62c849b4eb03a7abfafa71d7668f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b32d3f163d24ea7134380666193bf398e9dc0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6b34a7d64324faf28eedc0f8678b0f832f1cc36
JSON original (NVD)
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: reset the AP_VLAN tailroom counter on ifdown\n\nOn ifup, AP_VLAN interfaces get crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt from\nthe AP interface, but it's never decremented again unless the AP is\nalso brought down. Thus, bringing the same AP_VLAN up again will\nincrement the counter again and eventually hit the sanity check:\n\n WARN_ON_ONCE(sdata->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt !=\n master->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt);\n\nReset it on ifdown to avoid that."
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