{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98183 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98183 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 6 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98183 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98183 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 6 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98183 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98183/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98183/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98183","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98183/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98183","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98183","GHSA-867h-2x92-cj79","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98183"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's mac80211 module allows attackers to cause a denial of service or leak information via crafted Wi-Fi mesh frames.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds read for empty PREQ elements\n\nieee80211_mesh_preq_size_ok() derives the location of the PREQ bottom\nfields before checking whether the element contains even the fixed\nheader. ieee80211_mesh_hwmp_preq_get_bottom() reads the flags byte to\naccount for the optional Address Extension field. Consequently, an\nempty PREQ element causes a one-byte read beyond its declared payload.\n\nMove the helper call after both size checks, so the bottom fields are\nonly accessed when they are present.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"wifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds read for empty PREQ elements","id":"CVE-2026-98183","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"wifi: mwifiex: prevent authentication frame length truncation","id":"CVE-2026-98184"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"wifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue","id":"CVE-2026-98182"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-06","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"An out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's mac80211 module allows attackers to cause a denial of service or leak information via crafted Wi-Fi mesh frames.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98183/"}