Disclosure summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlegacy: fix broadcast stations deallocation On the error path of __il4965_up(), il_dealloc_bcast_stations() clears only IL_STA_UCODE_ACTIVE, leaving IL_STA_BCAST set. This causes the same broadcast stations to be deallocated again by __il4965_down(). This can occur when RF_KILL is toggled during driver startup. To fix clear the entire 'used' field, since we will not do any other operations on the station.
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-98195
Open original source · Updated Oct 06, 2026
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PUBLISHED 2026-10-06T05:18:04-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-06T05:18:04-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:45:53-04:00