CVE-2026-64568

wifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 5, 2026 at 08:08 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure ieee80211_set_unsol_bcast_probe_resp() calls kfree_rcu() on the old template before allocating the replacement. If the kzalloc() then fails, it returns -ENOMEM while link->u.ap.unsol_bcast_probe_resp still points at the object already queued for freeing. A later update or AP teardown re-queues that same rcu_head; the second free is caught by KASAN when the RCU sheaf is processed in softirq: BUG: KASAN: double-free in rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850) Free of addr ffff88800d06f300 by task exploit/145 ... __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare (mm/slub.c:2634 mm/slub.c:2940) rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850) rcu_core (kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2869) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622) The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-128 of size 128 Queue the old object for kfree_rcu() only after the new one is published, matching ieee80211_set_probe_resp() and ieee80211_set_s1g_short_beacon().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.1016.7 ≤ v < 6.18.426.7 ≤ v < 7.1.66.7 ≤ v < 7.23b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d6286.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 0ace76e410d7f7d813b605825a3e593a79c3958f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1d067abcd37062426c59ec73dbc4e87a63f33fea (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ca27a81cd77b698e5eb586a011bee6800c7ee4bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d62b55b7c7dc62887d7fd5648fb38f0bfaef53ae (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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