CVE-2026-68412

CVE-2026-68412

published August 10, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00200 · 9.3th percentile
Published
2026-08-10T17:20Z
References (4)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4114597b7949e90f4fa181342cf01400b8a5a75 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 12:04Z
    wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan()
    cvelistv5