CVE-2026-68412

medium

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4114597b7949e90f4fa181342cf01400b8a5a75

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-55598

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-10

Updated: 2026-10-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002