https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:32:51 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2026-23444 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure</p> <p>ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do.</p> <p>Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free.</p> <p>Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function&#39;s kdoc.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure</p> <p>ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do.</p> <p>Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free.</p> <p>Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function&#39;s kdoc.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2026-23444