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CVE-2026-98159: linux kernel from 6.1 (inclusive), before 6.1.189 (exclusive), from 6.6.0 (inclusive), before 6.6.158 (exclusive)…
CVE-2026-98159. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, NVD). EPSS 0.00161 (percentile 0.04739), scored 13-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
linux kernel · from 6.1 (inclusive), before 6.1.189 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.6.0 (inclusive), before 6.6.158 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.12.0 (inclusive), before 6.12.111 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.13 (inclusive), before 6.18.53 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.19 (inclusive), before 7.2.7 (exclusive)
linux
Linux · 23bdc5d8cadfc941e7782d0cb8afb2d9ae73b125 to before 46673662402884ca55a869e4ebe956e08e8b6b05, 23bdc5d8cadfc941e7782d0cb8afb2d9ae73b125 to before 740272d46ffc8231709a5e774cf5e4a5785b8a02, 23bdc5d8cadfc941e7782d0cb8afb2d9ae73b125 to before 602a950134ee2940136f60797e4457c3983b06ce, 23bdc5d8cadfc941e7782d0cb8afb2d9ae73b125 to before 3896be051e928c891922d91de94c99519d215dff, 23bdc5d8cadfc941e7782d0cb8afb2d9ae73b125 to before 3c505e2af16a9320f4355218394a955fbbc65322, 23bdc5d8cadfc941e7782d0cb8afb2d9ae73b125 to before 9417c5818a0146980c2608fda94c908e604eb033
Linux
Linux · 6.1
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CWE
- CWE-787
- CCR priority
- 22.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.00161 · percentile 0.04739 · 2026-10-13
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 05:24:14.258005+00:00 UTC
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 06:01:24.332572+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 16:14:54.592053+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-98159.html