Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64570
Published: August 6, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU141037
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64570
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to double free in ieee80211_set_fils_discovery() when handling FILS discovery template updates after an allocation failure. A local user can trigger an allocation failure and cause the same object to be queued for freeing multiple times to cause a denial of service.
The issue is triggered when a later update or AP teardown re-queues an object that still points to memory already scheduled for RCU freeing.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64570
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3