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CVE-2026-23444

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Published: Apr 3, 2026Modified: Oct 19, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do. Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free. Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.

Affected (10)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
10 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
3.13.1 ≤ version < 6.18.20
6.19 ≤ version < 6.19.10
Version 3.13
Version 7.0 rc1
Version 7.0 rc2
Version 7.0 rc3
Version 7.0 rc4
Version 7.0 rc5
Version 7.0 rc6
Version 7.0 rc7

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