# CVE-2026-98698: wifi: mac80211: handle empty FILS association request payload

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.10
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.10.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.56; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: handle empty FILS association request payload fils_encrypt_assoc_req() accepts a (Re)Association Request frame whose last element is the FILS Session element. crypt_len is then zero and aes_siv_encrypt() is called with an empty plaintext. kmemdup() returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR for a zero-length allocation, so the unconditional sg_init_one() puts an invalid page into the scatterlist. With CONFIG_DEBUG_SG this triggers a kernel BUG in sg_set_buf(); without the debug check the bogus page is handed to the crypto backend. AES-SIV is defined for empty plaintext and the S2V result is then the complete output, so handle this case before the CTR step, which has nothing to encrypt.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10) 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/de3297c8e521c0b0ddc89ece6fee84e25da9ecf0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce70c87252a14020cb40032efe208efc6e61b1ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8c5dbbf584a1baaa008988ac64dd4495f7086bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1e4a7eeb6a301ee33bd318982927cbdbae9f36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5b62f6534d336a62fdb9e88b186dd70b4323ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452f1c9b76f7a122bbc4630b9691bda4809677c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20f939b0c151d1d28e6b62a76b2454fa6fe877f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfd4b0b40b79781d900cb2f7da0685070f53c67

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