Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure
ieee80211_set_unsol_bcast_probe_resp() calls kfree_rcu() on the old template before allocating the replacement. If the kzalloc() then fails, it returns -ENOMEM while link->u.ap.unsol_bcast_probe_resp still points at the object already queued for freeing. A later update or AP teardown re-queues that same rcu_head; the second free is caught by KASAN when the RCU sheaf is processed in softirq:
BUG: KASAN: double-free in rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850) Free of addr ffff88800d06f300 by task exploit/145 ... __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare (mm/slub.c:2634 mm/slub.c:2940) rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850) rcu_core (kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2869) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622) The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-128 of size 128
Queue the old object for kfree_rcu() only after the new one is published, matching ieee80211_set_probe_resp() and ieee80211_set_s1g_short_beacon().
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628, < ca27a81cd77b698e5eb586a011bee6800c7ee4bd; >= 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628, < d62b55b7c7dc62887d7fd5648fb38f0bfaef53ae; >= 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628, < 0ace76e410d7f7d813b605825a3e593a79c3958f; >= 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628, < 1d067abcd37062426c59ec73dbc4e87a63f33fea |
| Linux | Linux | 6.7 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 3, 2026
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis