Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97474
Published: September 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152013
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-97474
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 a use-after-free in the iwlwifi MLD asynchronous notification handler when processing queued firmware statistics notifications after a firmware error during reconfiguration recovery. A local user can trigger the affected recovery sequence to cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires active BSS and NAN connections and a recovery failure while restoring the NAN connection.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-97474
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3