SB2026080626 - Double free in Linux kernel mac80211
Published: August 6, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2026080626
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Double free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64568)
CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to double free in ieee80211_set_unsol_bcast_probe_resp() when handling updates to unsolicited broadcast probe response templates after an allocation failure. A local user can trigger a later update or AP teardown to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because the pointer can still reference an object already queued for RCU freeing after kzalloc() fails.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.