{"id":"CVE-2026-98337","summary":"wifi: mac80211: don't start a ROC while scanning","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: don't start a ROC while scanning\n\nThe ROC work can be pending when a scan starts (which requires\nROC list to be empty, but that's possible), and then a new ROC\ncan be added to the list and the work will pick it up.\n\nAvoid starting that ROC if a scan made it between things, as\notherwise we'll hit a warning later:\n\n  WARNING: net/mac80211/offchannel.c:404 at ieee80211_start_next_roc+0x256/0x2d0\n  Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work\n  Call Trace:\n   __ieee80211_scan_completed+0x4fd/0xe40 net/mac80211/scan.c:537\n   ieee80211_scan_work+0x472/0x1ff0 net/mac80211/scan.c:1193\n   cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x410/0x570 net/wireless/core.c:513","modified":"2026-10-08T02:52:57.813530134Z","published":"2026-10-06T08:46:28.420Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98337.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b806f699052c572dec6cab2c376f884f27e98f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc8ec2f8d1d62914661577c23ec151f5c9734a4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/733f0fde95392ed5f61a4e36aee661ea8d0e8581"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81baab8b645ec532bad2b7a8464191c720ef8fd9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98337.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98337"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"aaa016ccd5df89d73483d0d51ee1f692978ccc35"},{"fixed":"5dc8ec2f8d1d62914661577c23ec151f5c9734a4"},{"fixed":"81baab8b645ec532bad2b7a8464191c720ef8fd9"},{"fixed":"58b806f699052c572dec6cab2c376f884f27e98f"},{"fixed":"733f0fde95392ed5f61a4e36aee661ea8d0e8581"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98337.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.5.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.112"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.54"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98337.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}