{"id":"CVE-2026-64568","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure\n\nieee80211_set_unsol_bcast_probe_resp() calls kfree_rcu() on the old\ntemplate before allocating …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure\n\nieee80211_set_unsol_bcast_probe_resp() calls kfree_rcu() on the old\ntemplate before allocating …","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","published":"2026-08-05","updated":"2026-08-08","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64568","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ace76e410d7f7d813b605825a3e593a79c3958f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d067abcd37062426c59ec73dbc4e87a63f33fea","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca27a81cd77b698e5eb586a011bee6800c7ee4bd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62b55b7c7dc62887d7fd5648fb38f0bfaef53ae","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0012,"epssPercentile":0.0211,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-08T20:29:49.205Z","slug":"CVE-2026-64568","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure\n\nieee80211_set_unsol_bcast_probe_resp() calls kfree_rcu() on the old\ntemplate before allocating the replacement. If the kzalloc() then fails,\nit returns -ENOMEM while link->u.ap.unsol_bcast_probe_resp still points\nat the object already queued for freeing. A later update or AP teardown\nre-queues that same rcu_head; the second free is caught by KASAN when the\nRCU sheaf is processed in softirq:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: double-free in rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850)\n  Free of addr ffff88800d06f300 by task exploit/145\n   ...\n   __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare (mm/slub.c:2634 mm/slub.c:2940)\n   rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850)\n   rcu_core (kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2869)\n   handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622)\n  The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-128 of size 128\n\nQueue the old object for kfree_rcu() only after the new one is published,\nmatching ieee80211_set_probe_resp() and ieee80211_set_s1g_short_beacon().\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}