Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-98422
CVE-2026-98422
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: reset the AP_VLAN tailroom counter on ifdown
On ifup, AP_VLAN interfaces get crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt from the AP interface, but it's never decremented again unless the AP is also brought down. Thus, bringing the same AP_VLAN up again will increment the counter again and eventually hit the sanity check:
WARN_ON_ONCE(sdata->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt != master->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt);
Reset it on ifdown to avoid that.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/304a874670a0b6ab5589a7f60b4af0251797b121nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d76b45e8432c0d75fcb9e90d92eaa3176898adfnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4504f3960dc4501c73be9f99eabda2e26e9db41envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b54d01b48445b66c9e576de92b90a3a3ae7b34anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7775759e3cb35ef5a571b2d877c2a9b70a5d5f08nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/875835377d8d62c849b4eb03a7abfafa71d7668fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b32d3f163d24ea7134380666193bf398e9dc0bnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6b34a7d64324faf28eedc0f8678b0f832f1cc36nvd
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