{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-74368","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-15T05:44:03.888Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:58:49.619Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:18:03.392Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:18:03.392Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic()\n\nIn ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic(), the call to\nath12k_dp_rx_check_nwifi_hdr_len_valid() may return false when the\nNWIFI header length is invalid, causing the function to abort early with\n-EINVAL.\n\nWhen this happens, the error propagates to\nath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_defrag(), which clears first_frag by setting it\nto NULL. As a result, the corresponding MSDU is no longer referenced\nby the defragmentation path and is never freed.\n\nThis leads to a memory leak for the affected MSDU on this error path.\nProper cleanup is required to ensure the MSDU is released when header\nvalidation fails during TKIP MIC verification.\n\nTested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00302-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.115823.3"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_rx.c"],"versions":[{"version":"9a0dddfb30f120db3851627935851d262e4e7acb","lessThan":"5187a92099778501f21af76ed6c8415d128e7298","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9a0dddfb30f120db3851627935851d262e4e7acb","lessThan":"98d4f92ab6a1af2ea2ab590d7e2801b203110981","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7f1d986da5c6abb75ffe4d0d325fc9b341c41a1c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3abe15e756481c45f6acba3d476cb3ca4afc3b61","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6ee653194ddb83674913fd2727b8ecfae0597ade","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"50be1fb76556e80af9f5da80f28168b6c71bce58","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.6.88","lessThan":"6.7","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.24","lessThan":"6.13","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.13.12","lessThan":"6.14","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.14.3","lessThan":"6.15","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/dp_rx.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","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":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.6.88"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.12.24"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.13.12"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.14.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5187a92099778501f21af76ed6c8415d128e7298"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98d4f92ab6a1af2ea2ab590d7e2801b203110981"}],"title":"wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}