CVE-2026-53258
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails rdev->int_scan_req is leaked if cfg80211_scan() fails. Note that it's supposed to be released at ___cfg80211_scan_done() but this doesn't happen as rdev->scan_req is NULL at that point, too, leading to the early return from the freeing function. unreferenced object 0xffff8881161d0800 (size 512): comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 379, jiffies 4294749765 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 81 13 16 81 88 ff ff ................ backtrace (crc c867fdb6): kmemleak_alloc+0x89/0x90 __kmalloc_noprof+0x2fd/0x410 cfg80211_scan+0x133/0x730 nl80211_trigger_scan+0xc69/0x1cc0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x204/0x2f0 genl_rcv_msg+0x431/0x6b0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x143/0x3f0 genl_rcv+0x27/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x4f6/0x820 netlink_sendmsg+0x797/0xce0 __sock_sendmsg+0xc4/0x160 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5e4/0x890 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180 __sys_sendmsg+0x136/0x1e0 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x76/0xc0 x64_sys_call+0x13f0/0x17d0 Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc | affected | git | 87484866cae9130b97c2b356eeaea4f47b292f75 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc | affected | git | df44397bbd8f3a38115c9590b686787e4aaf6327 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc | affected | git | fb8db813eba2e56ee001c9fb5c2ce2cb78c42642 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc | affected | git | a24134ddc18b4d440714365637d440b7121447b9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc | affected | git | e8694f7cc29287e843648d1075177b9a2000d957 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.10 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.160 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.114 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.36 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.0.13 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.0.* | None listed |
| 7.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |