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CVE-2026-68412

wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan() If the test against IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN fails, then 'creq' leaks. Use the existing error handling path to fix it.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a before f4114597b7949e90f4fa181342cf01400b8a5a75; affected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a before e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f; affected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a before 99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a; affected 2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a before c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6
Linux / Linuxaffected 2.6.30; unaffected 0 before 2.6.30; unaffected 6.12.114 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.42 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.6 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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