CVE 8.8 HIGH

wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails_CVE-2026-46125

8.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails

If connection preparation fails for MLO connections, then the
interface is completely reset to non-MLD. In this case, we must
not keep the station since it's related to the link of the vif
being removed. Delete an existing station. Any "new_sta" is
already being removed, so that doesn't need changes.

This fixes a use-after-free/double-free in debugfs if that's
enabled, because a vif going from MLD (and to MLD, but that's
not relevant here) recreates its entire debugfs.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-46125
Source Linux
Published May 28, 2026 at 09:35
Modified May 30, 2026 at 10:48

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6
Affected Versions Linux Linux 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6
Linux Linux 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6
Linux Linux 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6
Linux Linux 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6
Linux Linux 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6
Linux Linux 6.0

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