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The recovery worker takes a separate\nruntime PM reference and cannot release the reference held here.","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T08:44:32.240Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:15:22.651Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"85ec6c451fe681ac3135dfa43a519f1404ae63ad","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"3fbaae01bb7847d8b0124a8bbdb3af865e388d53","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"c02352e2b5a241c8da89b5f5f1a0ae4d403120ed","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"05b5e297bbf46f92c80da4c2ebe67828ca0d0247","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"18eb148105f1af9163f5e9758f0a7bc6ab042423","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"7f1f25b2db14683ab75d0d22c00d6a75ba988b83","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"a6bb6ad517a0d4db33a0cac9448e3ae9f4008fb4","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fa2648a34e73fb7a17fd0a82e0335a9451d8f5c8","status":"affected","lessThan":"8a1f3cf89ddcc700e25afe42cfad333059adcc94","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.19","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.54","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.8","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ec6c451fe681ac3135dfa43a519f1404ae63ad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fbaae01bb7847d8b0124a8bbdb3af865e388d53","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02352e2b5a241c8da89b5f5f1a0ae4d403120ed","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b5e297bbf46f92c80da4c2ebe67828ca0d0247","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18eb148105f1af9163f5e9758f0a7bc6ab042423","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f1f25b2db14683ab75d0d22c00d6a75ba988b83","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6bb6ad517a0d4db33a0cac9448e3ae9f4008fb4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1f3cf89ddcc700e25afe42cfad333059adcc94"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:43.249Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98191.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98191","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-06T08:44:32.240Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:15:22.651Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.323Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"wifi: wlcore: release runtime PM ref on regdomain config failure","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: wlcore: release runtime PM ref on regdomain config failure\n\nwlcore_regdomain_config() gets a runtime PM reference before sending\nthe regulatory-domain command. 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