CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64117

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's mac80211 subsystem, a use-after-free vulnerability was found during mesh frame processing. The issue occurs when ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() reads RX status via skb->cb, which is later overwritten by ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() with TX data, leading to access to freed or zeroed memory.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a system crash (kernel panic) or potentially escalate privileges by manipulating mesh network frames, threatening system stability and security.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that moves the RX status read before calling ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() to avoid using invalid memory.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() reads RX status through IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), which aliases the same skb->cb storage that ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() reuses as IEEE80211_TX_INFO. In the unicast forward path, mesh_data does: info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(fwd_skb); memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info)); on the same skb the caller still names via rx->skb, then either queues the skb for TX (success) or kfree_skb()'s it (no-route) before returning RX_QUEUED. The caller's RX_QUEUED arm then calls sta_stats_encode_rate(status) on memory that is either zeroed (success path) or freed (no-route path). The latter is KASAN slab-use-after-free in ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle. Fix by encoding the rate from status before invoking ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(), so the RX_QUEUED arm consumes a value captured while status was still backed by valid memory.

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