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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-68405" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-10T12:04:25.241Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-19T16:34:57.265Z" 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-2026-68405" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68405.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68405" title: "wifi: mac80211: free AP_VLAN bc_buf SKBs outside IRQ lock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: free AP_VLAN bc_buf SKBs outside IRQ lock\n\nieee80211_do_stop() removes AP_VLAN packets from the parent AP\nps-\u003ebc_buf while holding ps-\u003ebc_buf.lock with IRQs disabled. It then\ncalls ieee80211_free_txskb() before dropping the lock.\n\nieee80211_free_txskb() is not just a passive SKB release. For SKBs with\nTX status state it can report a dropped frame through cfg80211/nl80211,\nand that path can reach netlink tap transmit. This is the same reason\nthe pending queue cleanup in ieee80211_do_stop() already unlinks SKBs\nunder the queue lock and frees them after IRQ state is restored.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the\norder within that path:\n\nAP_VLAN management TX: AP_VLAN stop:\n1. attach ACK-status state 1. clear the running state\n2. queue a multicast SKB on 2. take ps-\u003ebc_buf.lock with IRQs\n parent ps-\u003ebc_buf disabled\n 3. unlink the AP_VLAN SKB\n 4. call ieee80211_free_txskb()\n\nUnlink matching AP_VLAN SKBs from ps-\u003ebc_buf under the existing lock,\nbut move them to a local free queue. Drop the lock and restore IRQ state\nbefore calling ieee80211_free_txskb().\n\nWARNING: kernel/softirq.c:430 at __local_bh_enable_ip" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0d2619e708e2ef02ba1c91642ea261d3f19d8f9a"},{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"659a81b62a61440b85e02c09903be861ae7679e5"},{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"aa01ef0ebbc3289154229ef58e65baf289eb9789"},{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"be9dfcb0654c1f6c0fce7ba2a909683bb6f1e0ef"},{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"962f755a47d7ec3bbf6c709697d7f4c5f798441d"},{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a424985c3ef2a87ce6057a853e18d0c441a86be8"},{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4b8abf43bf34791c99d99dc3be13f897adefc461"},{"version":"397a7a24ef8c2967a3e8090013f9c54714110c48","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f3858d5b1432098c1936e03d6e03dd0e33facf60"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.9"},{"version":"5.10.265","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.148","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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