CVE-2026-98701 PUBLISHED

wifi: mac80211: release mesh path quota on failed additions

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to 56691ed9ef792f180e008a43294a4dc059fbeca2 (excl.)
  • affected from ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to a613c891906b558c10a4fa98ca29747b98e857cb (excl.)
  • affected from ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to a59eca4557c7462aad1b160011013290a92de97d (excl.)
  • affected from ae76eef027f75fadd8a8eda55ee07707f077aacb to 7325a44474f20c1393a1c114c6811abce6ddfaf4 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.10 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.10 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.113 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.56 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.10 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc6 to * (incl.)

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