CVE-2026-68198

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68198
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68198.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-68198
Downstream
Published
2026-08-10T12:00:16Z
Modified
2026-08-25T03:30:37Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()

The aggr_reset_state() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous) for the aggregation timer before proceeding to delete TID state and before the structure is freed by callers like aggr_module_destroy().

If the timer callback (aggr_timeout) is executing when aggr_reset_state() is called, the callback will continue to access aggr_conn fields like rx_tid[] and stat[] which may be freed immediately after by kfree(aggr_info->aggr_conn) in aggr_module_destroy().

Additionally, the timer callback can re-arm itself via mod_timer() while aggr_reset_state() is running, creating a more complex race condition.

Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback has completed before returning.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68198.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4
Fixed
a1bac650b2d6b1baab1f3e78e2e007a6e2948dde
Fixed
2132a6db05846dd2318857d00e0c1291f9e41b29
Fixed
17ff29cd8dbc977c97788a5f7c011ec807b58242
Fixed
64af6534a085f49d6ed33338a19ab9cf0d0523c9
Fixed
b5d618fd61b9069b4c0a6b487022dd3117ad5acc
Fixed
18965470d41e69d3fc10eb62afae29d10f4cdfd1
Fixed
a3313111b5d9046af60b370c93eec105b27380c1
Fixed
ba7debb4dd6427386862220e8335a53a4bfc235d

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68198.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
5.10.266
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.217
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.184
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.151
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.103
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.42
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68198.json"