VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-23444

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-03
Last modified2026-10-19
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do. Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free. Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-401

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