Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98874
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect
Clearly, from a user perspective, it must be valid to configure
WoWLAN and then suspend while not connected to a network. Since
mac80211 doesn't distinguish these cases and simply calls the
driver to suspend whenever WoWLAN is configured, the driver has
to cleanly handle the case where it's called for WoWLAN, it's
not connected but there's also no netdetect configured.
Remove the WARN_ON() and keep returning 1 to disconnect and
then suspend.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b before d4158bc784f4b45c8daa446a8e1c29eb11f63674; d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b before 301b0dfa9db3f1e204de95e803bbd88fbd878c7c; 6.15 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98874
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98874
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/301b0dfa9db3f1e204de95e803bbd88fbd878c7c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4158bc784f4b45c8daa446a8e1c29eb11f63674
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