CVE-2026-98311
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: virt_wifi: don't…
- Risk score
- 57/100
- CVSS
- 7.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.1%
- Published
- 6 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: virt_wifi: don't transfer operstate before register virt_wifi_newlink() calls netif_stacked_transfer_operstate() before register_netdevice(). If the lower device is dormant, that queues the new netdev on lweventlist while it is still uninitializ…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.8 high
- On your watchlist: linux kernel
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/293c56a66510bb7de073a1aba388e38abddff1fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ce26201f6dedf3fa02b97da8c67ee6f6c5f7225
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b808a9af5fd21f9c68b0d024eda7535b5dce6a4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca49763c42c1089d654bf11b037980a9ede3772c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5c8d7acd31b27057ea42cd405d0b3ece097bc89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8304e25c6dabb8accf38b807969438d0ce84fd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9ea1afd6990def51d52b3a0aecd5cfcc951da0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9526054c2b2cace5916b7225603d008834ec011
Original description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: virt_wifi: don't transfer operstate before register virt_wifi_newlink() calls netif_stacked_transfer_operstate() before register_netdevice(). If the lower device is dormant, that queues the new netdev on lweventlist while it is still uninitialized. If registration fails after that, for example because of an invalid name such as "bad/name", free_netdev() immediately frees the object. A later linkwatch_fire_event() then use-after-frees the list entry. Move the transfer to after netdev_upper_dev_link(), as macvlan and ipvlan already do.
Last activity 6 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.