{"id":"CVE-2026-90346","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors\n\nnl80211_color_change() calls nl80211_parse_beacon() for the beacon_next\ntemplate, which can allocate params.…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors\n\nnl80211_color_change() calls nl80211_parse_beacon() for the beacon_next\ntemplate, which can allocate params.…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504b < 4e0a67fbe3d9e2e1d6f81dfc607184c6b0abd3dd","Linux >= dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504b < 927ee844c47ac2aef22c8f7a35f098ff576b398b","Linux 5.16"],"published":"2026-09-17","updated":"2026-09-17","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-17T17:17:33.343","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90346","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0a67fbe3d9e2e1d6f81dfc607184c6b0abd3dd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/927ee844c47ac2aef22c8f7a35f098ff576b398b","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-17T16:21:47.816Z","epss":0.00189,"epssPercentile":0.08856,"slug":"CVE-2026-90346","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors\n\nnl80211_color_change() calls nl80211_parse_beacon() for the beacon_next\ntemplate, which can allocate params.beacon_next.mbssid_ies and .rnr_ies.\nA parsing failure returned directly instead of using the out: cleanup,\nleaking any allocations completed before the error.\n\nAllocate the nested attribute table before parsing beacon_next. Its\nallocation failure can then return before beacon data exists, while a\nlater parsing failure uses out: to release the parsed data.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}