{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-53258","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-06-09T07:44:35.394Z","datePublished":"2026-06-25T08:39:47.917Z","dateUpdated":"2026-06-25T08:39:47.917Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-06-25T08:39:47.917Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails\n\nrdev->int_scan_req is leaked if cfg80211_scan() fails.  Note that it's\nsupposed to be released at ___cfg80211_scan_done() but this doesn't happen\nas rdev->scan_req is NULL at that point, too, leading to the early return\nfrom the freeing function.\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881161d0800 (size 512):\n  comm \"wpa_supplicant\", pid 379, jiffies 4294749765\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 81 13 16 81 88 ff ff  ................\n  backtrace (crc c867fdb6):\n    kmemleak_alloc+0x89/0x90\n    __kmalloc_noprof+0x2fd/0x410\n    cfg80211_scan+0x133/0x730\n    nl80211_trigger_scan+0xc69/0x1cc0\n    genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x204/0x2f0\n    genl_rcv_msg+0x431/0x6b0\n    netlink_rcv_skb+0x143/0x3f0\n    genl_rcv+0x27/0x40\n    netlink_unicast+0x4f6/0x820\n    netlink_sendmsg+0x797/0xce0\n    __sock_sendmsg+0xc4/0x160\n    ____sys_sendmsg+0x5e4/0x890\n    ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180\n    __sys_sendmsg+0x136/0x1e0\n    __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x76/0xc0\n    x64_sys_call+0x13f0/0x17d0\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org)."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/wireless/scan.c"],"versions":[{"version":"c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc","lessThan":"fb8db813eba2e56ee001c9fb5c2ce2cb78c42642","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc","lessThan":"a24134ddc18b4d440714365637d440b7121447b9","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c8cb5b854b40f2ce52ccd032fa19750f4181d5fc","lessThan":"e8694f7cc29287e843648d1075177b9a2000d957","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/wireless/scan.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.36","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.13","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","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":"5.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.36"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.10","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.13"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.10","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb8db813eba2e56ee001c9fb5c2ce2cb78c42642"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a24134ddc18b4d440714365637d440b7121447b9"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8694f7cc29287e843648d1075177b9a2000d957"}],"title":"wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}