CVE-2026-68407Patch

LOW

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: nl80211: free RNR data on MBSSID mismatch nl80211_parse_beacon() rejects EMA RNR data when there are fewer RNR entries than MBSSID entries. The rejected RNR allocation has not been attached to the beacon data yet, so free it before returning the error.

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0.5/ 10 priority

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Other references

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

Signal classification1 categories

Patch

1100.0%

Referenced assets1 URL

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https://windowsforum.com/security-alerts.84/cve-2026-68407-causes-linux-wi-fi-ap-memory-leak.442340/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_node84

Full discourse1 post

Windows Forum@windowsforum45d
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🐧 CVE-2026-68407 leaks a little Linux kernel memory via malformed Wi‑Fi AP requests. Windows users can mostly relax—unless WSL is doing custom kernel gymnastics. Patch Linux, skip the panic. https://windowsforum.com/security-alerts.84/cve-2026-68407-causes-linux-wi-fi-ap-memory-leak.442340/?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_node84 #LinuxKernel #WiFiSecurity #Cve202668407 #Wsl2 https://t.co/bgs7qAX5zR
Post summary
CVE-2026-68407 causes a Linux kernel memory leak via malformed Wi‑Fi AP requests; patching is advised, and Windows users are unlikely affected unless using WSL.
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