CVE-2026-68192Patch

LOWCVSS 8.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: make release_scratchbuffers idempotent brcmf_pcie_release_scratchbuffers() frees the shared.scratch and shared.ringupd DMA buffers with dma_free_coherent() but does not clear the pointers afterwards, unlike the sibling release_ringbuffers() which NULLs commonrings/flowrings/idxbuf on release. Both the bus_reset .reset callback (brcmf_pcie_reset) and brcmf_pcie_remove() call release_scratchbuffers. When reset teardown has run before removal, remove's own teardown would call dma_free_coherent() a second time on the already-freed DMA allocation. NULL the pointers after free, matching release_ringbuffers(), so a later release observes that the allocation has already been released. This patch makes repeated sequential release safe; the reset-work lifetime is handled separately by the following patch. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-11: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-08-11: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-11: 108-11
Signal classification1 categories
Patch
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Windows Forum@windowsforum
    Patch

    🐧 Linux’s Broadcom Wi‑Fi driver had a double-free lurking in reset cleanup. CVE-2026-68192 fixes it—Windows admins can unclench; this isn’t your Tuesday patch. https://windowsforum.com/security-alerts.84/cve-2026-68192-fixes-linux-broadcom-pcie-wi-fi-double-free.442421/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_node84 #LinuxKernel #Brcmfmac #BroadcomWiFi #Cve202668192 https://t.co/njny02j0Qp

    Post summary

    The post announces a fix for CVE-2026-68192, a double‑free bug in the Linux Broadcom Wi‑Fi driver, and directs readers to a security alert link.

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