CVE-2026-98182 Affecting kernel-uek-modules-usb package, versions <0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKMODULESUSB-22166682
  • published3 Nov 2026
  • disclosed6 Oct 2026

Introduced: 6 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-98182  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek-modules-usb to version 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el10uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500572.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-modules-usb package and not the kernel-uek-modules-usb package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: refuse to make a monitor active when it has no queue

A monitor interface only gets a TXQ if it's created active, and one can't be added later. Setting the flag on a down interface is still allowed, so the driver is handed a monitor with no queue. ath9k dereferences it:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000066 RIP: 0010:ath_tx_node_init+0x49/0x170 [ath9k] ath9k_add_interface+0x10c/0x140 [ath9k] drv_add_interface+0x54/0x250 [mac80211] ieee80211_do_open+0x32f/0x800 [mac80211]

Reached with CAP_NET_ADMIN by "iw dev X set monitor active" followed by "ip link set X up". RTNL is held, so netlink operations block behind it.

Refuse the flag when there is no queue to give.

CVSS Base Scores

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