CVE-2026-68412

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68412
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68412.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-68412
Downstream
Published
2026-08-10T12:04:32.486Z
Modified
2026-08-11T03:32:57.838697288Z
Summary
wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan()
Details

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

wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211wextsiwscan()

If the test against IEEE80211MAXSSID_LEN fails, then 'creq' leaks. Use the existing error handling path to fix it.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68412.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
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
2a5193119269062608582418deba7af82844159a
Fixed
e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f
Fixed
99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a
Fixed
c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68412.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.30
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-2026-68412.json"