Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98830

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Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98830

Published: October 22, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU157199
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98830
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to cause memory corruption and potentially a denial of service in the Linux kernel.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds write and an out-of-bounds read in wfx_hif_read_mib() in the wfx wireless driver when processing firmware responses to MIB read requests. A local privileged user can supply a firmware response with a length field exceeding the caller-provided val_len to overwrite the caller's buffer and read beyond the reply allocation, potentially causing a kernel crash.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
kernel-default
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-default-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2026-98830

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1

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