{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "b4b9f0a32d3106ba4d0bbd07312dc35d1f2152dc"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00c"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.16.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.6.160"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.7.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.114"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.53"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98916.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change\n\nWhen trying to do a color change, validate that the link is\nbeaconing first, to avoid calling the driver with an invalid\nlink.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98916",
  "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:36.074441839Z",
  "published": "2026-10-23T11:55:20.958Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51423d370739aa3f701fdfbfcc52ecf321dfd71a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55308cee9c2196f39cd1ce8ee6c1fed9e12a00d4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc4713539da73d2d2c03d064b22b0e6ab38bd361"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e50965c702cfd41eb83464565f6272d4d4bfc00c"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98916.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98916"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.2",
  "summary": "wifi: nl80211: check link is beaconing for color change"
}