{"id":"CVE-2026-64568","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-64568","summary":"wifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure\n\nieee80211_set_unsol_bcast_probe_resp() calls kfree_rcu() on the old\ntemplate before allocating the replacement. If the kzalloc() then fails,\nit returns -ENOMEM while link->u.ap.unsol_bcast_probe_resp still points\nat the object already queued for freeing. A later update or AP teardown\nre-queues that same rcu_head; the second free is caught by KASAN when the\nRCU sheaf is processed in softirq:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: double-free in rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850)\n  Free of addr ffff88800d06f300 by task exploit/145\n   ...\n   __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare (mm/slub.c:2634 mm/slub.c:2940)\n   rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850)\n   rcu_core (kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2869)\n   handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622)\n  The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-128 of size 128\n\nQueue the old object for kfree_rcu() only after the new one is published,\nmatching ieee80211_set_probe_resp() and ieee80211_set_s1g_short_beacon().","published":"2026-08-05T08:08:06.625Z","modified":"2026-08-09T03:47:25.469914277Z","cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Linux","name":"Kernel","fixedVersion":"6.12.101"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ace76e410d7f7d813b605825a3e593a79c3958f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d067abcd37062426c59ec73dbc4e87a63f33fea"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca27a81cd77b698e5eb586a011bee6800c7ee4bd"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62b55b7c7dc62887d7fd5648fb38f0bfaef53ae"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/64xxx/CVE-2026-64568.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64568"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-09T03:47:25.469914277Z"}}