What is CVE-2026-98195?

CVE-2026-98195 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.7 onward and patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-98195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-98195?

CVE-2026-98195 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-98195?

Yes, CVE-2026-98195 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-98195 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-98195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-98195

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlegacy: fix broadcast stations deallocation On the error path of __il4965_up(), il_dealloc_bcast_stations() clears only IL_STA_UCODE_ACTIVE, leaving IL_STA_BCAST set. This causes the same broadcast stations to be deallocated again by __il4965_down(). This can occur when RF_KILL is toggled during driver startup. To fix clear the entire 'used' field, since we will not do any other operations on the station.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-10-06

Last modified 2026-10-06

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.7 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 7.3-rc4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.7

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.271 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.222 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.189 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.158 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.112 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.54 6.18.x ✓ 7.2.8 7.2.x ✓ 7.3-rc4

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-98195?

CVE-2026-98195 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.7 onward and has been patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-98195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-98195?

Yes. CVE-2026-98195 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-98195 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-98195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.