CVE-2026-98874: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't WARN on WoWLAN suspend w/o netdetect
Published Oct 23, 2026
·Updated
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 WARNON() and keep returning 1 to disconnect and then suspend.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel (iwlwifi driver)
Event History
Oct 23, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:37 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:37 AM
Description