CVE-2026-98701 (GCVE-0-2026-98701)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-18 15:46 – Updated: 2026-10-30 12:38
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Title
wifi: mac80211: release mesh path quota on failed additions
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: release mesh path quota on failed additions Repeated failed or duplicate mesh path additions can exhaust MESH_MAX_MPATHS while the path table holds fewer paths, which stops new paths to reachable destinations from being created. mesh_path_add() reserves a slot before allocating and inserting a path. If allocation fails, the function returns without releasing the slot. If the rhashtable insertion reports an error or an existing destination, the function discards its candidate but retains the reservation. No new path is installed in any of these cases. Release the reservation whenever the candidate is not installed.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7018 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < 9c715919369a6bae12f03debfcf0716f5d8db1c1 (git)
Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < 019c0a91e99f0eb6c331ca63f4fa361e9bfcb089 (git)
Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46 (git)
Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < 57bfaa8b2853425ab1b83114d823a62fe63f859f (git)
Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < 56691ed9ef792f180e008a43294a4dc059fbeca2 (git)
Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cb (git)
Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97d (git)
Affected: ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb , < 7325a44474f20c1393a1c114c6811abce6ddfaf4 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.273 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.224 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.191 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.160 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.113 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.56 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.10 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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