CVE-2026-68412wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.20%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 90% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a – < f4114597b7949e90f4fa181342cf01400b8a5a75
- affected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a – < e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f
- affected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a – < 99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a
- affected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a – < c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6
- affected 2.6.30
- unaffected < 2.6.30
- unaffected 6.12.114 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.42 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.1.6 – ≤ 7.1.*
- unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4114597b7949e90f4fa181342cf01400b8a5a75 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-55598 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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