# CVE-2026-98874: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108720
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.53
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Summary

The Linux kernel's iwlwifi wireless driver (its MLD component) is affected. A harmless-looking kernel warning could be triggered when a system suspends with Wake-on-WLAN enabled while not connected to any network; the impact is limited to a spurious warning message in the kernel log rather than a security compromise.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Linux: from d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b, fixed in d4158bc784f4b45c8daa446a8e1c29eb11f63674; from d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b, fixed in 301b0dfa9db3f1e204de95e803bbd88fbd878c7c
- Linux: 6.15
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 6.18.53

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect Clearly, from a user perspective, it must be valid to configure WoWLAN and then suspend while not connected to a network. Since mac80211 doesn't distinguish these cases and simply calls the driver to suspend whenever WoWLAN is configured, the driver has to cleanly handle the case where it's called for WoWLAN, it's not connected but there's also no netdetect configured. Remove the WARN_ON() and keep returning 1 to disconnect and then suspend.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.53) per the references below.
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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4158bc784f4b45c8daa446a8e1c29eb11f63674
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/301b0dfa9db3f1e204de95e803bbd88fbd878c7c

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