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CVE-2026-98701

wifi: mac80211: release mesh path quota on failed additions

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < 9c715919369a6bae12f03debfcf0716f5d8db1c1affected
  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < 019c0a91e99f0eb6c331ca63f4fa361e9bfcb089affected
  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < b5b08afe4d020acb1e6ea1021ce6fb63dedd1f46affected
  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < 57bfaa8b2853425ab1b83114d823a62fe63f859faffected
  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < 56691ed9ef792f180e008a43294a4dc059fbeca2affected
  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cbaffected
  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97daffected
  • ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to < 7325a44474f20c1393a1c114c6811abce6ddfaf4affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.10affected
  • 0 to < 3.10unaffected
  • 5.10.273 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.224 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.191 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.160 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.113 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.56 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.10 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References