CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-68412
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4114597b7949e90f4fa181342cf01400b8a5a75 git.kernel.org