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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98421",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.348Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-14T13:27:50.200Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-14T13:27:50.200Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: require a peer station for TDLS setup confirm\n\nIt's nonsense for the setup confirm to go to station that\ndoesn't even exist, and it hits a warning when building\nthe frame:\n\n  WARN_ON_ONCE(!sta || !ap_sta)\n\nOnly accept WLAN_TDLS_SETUP_CONFIRM when the station is\nalready there as a TDLS station. Need to copy the call\nto ieee80211_tdls_prep_mgmt_packet() since the existing\nWLAN_TDLS_DISCOVERY_REQUEST already falls through to it."
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bae6ef511a29ef12ab969adeea691067d4d5d74"
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