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CVE-2026-64570: wifi: mac80211: fix fils_discovery double free on alloc failure

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.18% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 1981fba71797ec95e6755fb882cad88899a2a84f, 286e52a799fa158bdbd77da1426c4d93f9a6e7ad, 5baaa1042f71dd4b8e418f2cdd516808702d229b.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1981fba71797ec95e6755fb882cad88899a2a84f, 286e52a799fa158bdbd77da1426c4d93f9a6e7ad, 5baaa1042f71dd4b8e418f2cdd516808702d229b or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix fils_discovery double free on alloc failure ieee80211_set_fils_discovery() calls kfree_rcu() on the old template before allocating the replacement. If the kzalloc() then fails, it returns -ENOMEM while link->u.ap.fils_discovery still points at the object already queued for freeing. A later update or AP teardown (ieee80211_stop_ap()) 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 ffff88800c065280 by task swapper/0/0 ... __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-96 of size 96 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().

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Updated
Nov 3, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 7th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

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CNA · Linux
7.8
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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 6.7affected
    • 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628 and later · before e2c55079155a953db669ca1986a985fa286bad95affected · git
    • 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628 and later · before 5baaa1042f71dd4b8e418f2cdd516808702d229baffected · git
    • 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628 and later · before 1981fba71797ec95e6755fb882cad88899a2a84faffected · git
    • 3b1c256eb4aedfc71dd97d5951ccff824b41d628 and later · before 286e52a799fa158bdbd77da1426c4d93f9a6e7adaffected · git
    • before 6.7not affected · semver
    • 6.12.101 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 6.18.42 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 7.1.6 and later · up to and including 7.1.*not affected · semver
    • 7.2 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.101-1~deb12u16.12.101-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.101-16.12.101-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.1.6-17.1.6-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-64568Aug 5, 2026 · wifi: mac80211: fix unsol_bcast_probe_resp double free on alloc failure
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-64569Aug 5, 2026 · mpls: fix NULL deref in mpls_valid_fib_dump_req() on CONFIG_INET=n
    0Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-64571Aug 5, 2026 · wifi: p54: validate RX frame length in p54_rx_eeprom_readback()
    0Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux1981fba71797ec95e6755fb882cad88899a2a84fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux286e52a799fa158bdbd77da1426c4d93f9a6e7adVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5baaa1042f71dd4b8e418f2cdd516808702d229bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe2c55079155a953db669ca1986a985fa286bad95Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.101-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.101-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-645971 days apartsmb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_close() replay
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-645359 days apartnvmet-tcp: Fix potential UAF when ddgst mismatch
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-681925 days apartwifi: brcmfmac: make release_scratchbuffers idempotent
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-645800 days apartxfrm6: clear dst.dev on error to avoid double netdev_put in xfrm6_fill_dst()
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-645991 days apartcrypto: amlogic - avoid double cleanup in meson_crypto_probe()
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-682365 days apartdrm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release
    31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-415 · Double Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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