CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63822

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's ath11k Wi-Fi driver, a double-free vulnerability occurs in dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status buffers during device unbinding. The issue arises when firmware initialization fails, causing the buffers to be freed again upon unbind, triggering a warning in the memory allocator.

Risk Assessment

A double-free memory error can cause system instability, kernel crashes, or potentially be exploited to compromise data integrity. The risk is especially relevant in virtualized environments where the bug is easily reproducible.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that sets buffers to NULL after release to prevent double-free. Monitor your distribution for the patch release.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix warning when unbinding If there is an error during some initialization related to firmware, the buffers dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status are released. However this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath11k_pci), and we get: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6231 at mm/slub.c:4368 free_large_kmalloc+0x57/0x90 Call Trace: free_large_kmalloc ath11k_dp_free ath11k_core_deinit ath11k_pci_remove ... The issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing initialization is failing. In order to fix the issue, just set the buffers to NULL after releasing in order to avoid the double free.

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