CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68407

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 nl80211 subsystem, there is a memory leak when parsing beacons if RNR data is rejected due to a mismatch between RNR and MBSSID entry counts. The RNR allocation is not freed before returning the error.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to exhaustion of system resources, potentially causing denial of service or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing the fix that frees the rejected RNR allocation before returning the error.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: free RNR data on MBSSID mismatch nl80211_parse_beacon() rejects EMA RNR data when there are fewer RNR entries than MBSSID entries. The rejected RNR allocation has not been attached to the beacon data yet, so free it before returning the error.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS