# CVE-2026-98329: wifi: mac80211: don't allow injecting frames wider than the chanctx

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 646e76bb5daf4ca38438c69ffb72cccb605f3466, fixed in a5c715eda066cba5ce3372759188ba8636dca629; from 646e76bb5daf4ca38438c69ffb72cccb605f3466, fixed in 73f48f7e16cadfc74f444ccd10c1d3ae253e2e27; from 646e76bb5daf4ca38438c69ffb72cccb605f3466, fixed in c69718519a81e87284494d0c6e6eb7bdd834707a; from 646e76bb5daf4ca38438c69ffb72cccb605f3466, fixed in e14bf37bb2b3853012ff160131d1c6233f7a9cc9
- Linux: 4.7
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.7.0, fixed in 6.12.112; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.54; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't allow injecting frames wider than the chanctx Frames injected on a monitor interface can carry a radiotap field requesting a bandwidth, which mac80211 passes down to the driver regardless of the the actual operational bandwidth. If the bandwidth requested is too wide, that triggers a warning in hwsim: WARN_ON(hwsim_get_chanwidth(bw) > hwsim_get_chanwidth(confbw)) Drop such frames entirely instead since they cannot be sent.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c715eda066cba5ce3372759188ba8636dca629
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73f48f7e16cadfc74f444ccd10c1d3ae253e2e27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c69718519a81e87284494d0c6e6eb7bdd834707a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e14bf37bb2b3853012ff160131d1c6233f7a9cc9

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