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.
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01 Jun 2026, 17:16
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8 |
23 Apr 2026, 20:58
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e769dddcbeb3baf2ce346273b53dd61fdbecf4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f1b690b4868923fbd242298def2fb88662f108 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ad6ab61cbd89afdb60881f6274f74328af3ee9 - Patch | |
| CVSS |
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| First Time |
Linux
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| CWE | CWE-401 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Information
Published : 2026-04-03 16:16
Updated : 2026-06-01 17:16
NVD link : CVE-2026-23444
Mitre link : CVE-2026-23444
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23444
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
