CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68412

Low risk· EPSS 10%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the wifi cfg80211 subsystem has a memory leak in cfg80211_wext_siwscan(). If the SSID length test fails, the 'creq' object is not freed. The fix uses the existing error handling path to free the memory.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to resource exhaustion, potentially causing system instability or denial of service.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that fixes the error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan() to prevent memory leak.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan() If the test against IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN fails, then 'creq' leaks. Use the existing error handling path to fix it.

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