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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-68198"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-10T12:00:16.718Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T18:00:24.933Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68198"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68198.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68198"
title: "wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()\n\nThe aggr_reset_state() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous)\nfor the aggregation timer before proceeding to delete TID state and\nbefore the structure is freed by callers like aggr_module_destroy().\n\nIf the timer callback (aggr_timeout) is executing when aggr_reset_state()\nis called, the callback will continue to access aggr_conn fields like\nrx_tid[] and stat[] which may be freed immediately after by\nkfree(aggr_info-\u003eaggr_conn) in aggr_module_destroy().\n\nAdditionally, the timer callback can re-arm itself via mod_timer() while\naggr_reset_state() is running, creating a more complex race condition.\n\nUse timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback\nhas completed before returning."
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