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Patch available
Aug 10, 2026 - 14:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 12:04 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Analysis
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.
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EUVD-2026-55598
GHSA-xpf7-vhxr-qr93