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CVE-2026-98351

wifi: virt_wifi: free skb when disconnected PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: virt_wifi: free skb when disconnected When the simulated link is disconnected, virt_wifi_start_xmit() returns NET_XMIT_DROP without freeing the skb. dev_hard_start_xmit() treats this return value as consumed, so every packet sent while disconnected leaks its skb. Free the skb before returning the drop status.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before 38d3a5df85345f158f78b478b265ca906224454e; affected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before ee053ea35c759135460f03d1c574f4ed08de844a; affected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before d177eca79e1106834bc423d3969a4a2e3987996a; affected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before 36727a702cf8e3399e3da60d0856378f6afcfb34; affected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before 56469996c10a0240653fc00576b4d33bdfb4cc51; affected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before 4f266738af45675faa0e8afee08c6e780afa8b06; affected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before 46371442847a725cc0df3697fea2eba1dd54b82b; affected c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c before f9edf7cf63b96d2b776fca8d258d3c5256e40c8e
Linux / Linuxaffected 5.0; unaffected 0 before 5.0; unaffected 5.10.271 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.222 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.189 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.158 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.112 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.54 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.8 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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