{"id":"AZL-106425","summary":"CVE-2026-98326 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: mesh: release the channel if start fails\n\nieee80211_join_mesh() acquires a channel context and then calls\nieee80211_start_mesh(), which can fail. In that case, the chanctx\nisn't released then interface removal will attempt to unassign it\nafter it's removed from the driver, hitting:\n\n  wlan0: Failed check-sdata-in-driver check, flags: 0x0\n  WARNING: net/mac80211/driver-ops.c:366 at drv_unassign_vif_chanctx\n   ieee80211_assign_link_chanctx\n   __ieee80211_link_release_channel\n   ieee80211_link_release_channel\n   ieee80211_teardown_sdata\n   unregister_netdevice_many_notify\n   _cfg80211_unregister_wdev\n   ieee80211_remove_interfaces\n   ieee80211_unregister_hw\n   mac80211_hwsim_del_radio\n   hwsim_exit_net\n\nCorrectly release the channel on start failures.","modified":"2026-10-08T05:35:32Z","published":"2026-10-06T09:18:24Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98326"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98326"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-106425.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}