{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-68182","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-16T13:41:40.252Z","datePublished":"2025-12-16T13:43:00.435Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:48:14.810Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:48:14.810Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: fix potential use after free in iwl_mld_remove_link()\n\nThis code frees \"link\" by calling kfree_rcu(link, rcu_head) and then it\ndereferences \"link\" to get the \"link->fw_id\".  Save the \"link->fw_id\"\nfirst to avoid a potential use after free."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/link.c"],"versions":[{"version":"d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b","lessThan":"5b4a239c9f94e1606435f1842fc6fd426d607dbb","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b","lessThan":"77e67d5daaf155f7d0f99f4e797c4842169ec19e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/link.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.17.8","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.17.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.18"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4a239c9f94e1606435f1842fc6fd426d607dbb"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e67d5daaf155f7d0f99f4e797c4842169ec19e"}],"title":"wifi: iwlwifi: fix potential use after free in iwl_mld_remove_link()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}