{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-90346","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-11T19:38:34.805Z","datePublished":"2026-09-17T16:08:55.591Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:08:55.591Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:08:55.591Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors\n\nnl80211_color_change() calls nl80211_parse_beacon() for the beacon_next\ntemplate, which can allocate params.beacon_next.mbssid_ies and .rnr_ies.\nA parsing failure returned directly instead of using the out: cleanup,\nleaking any allocations completed before the error.\n\nAllocate the nested attribute table before parsing beacon_next. Its\nallocation failure can then return before beacon data exists, while a\nlater parsing failure uses out: to release the parsed data."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/wireless/nl80211.c"],"versions":[{"version":"dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504b","lessThan":"4e0a67fbe3d9e2e1d6f81dfc607184c6b0abd3dd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc1e3cb8da8b414b37208b2fb6755fef8122504b","lessThan":"927ee844c47ac2aef22c8f7a35f098ff576b398b","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/nl80211.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","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":"5.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0a67fbe3d9e2e1d6f81dfc607184c6b0abd3dd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/927ee844c47ac2aef22c8f7a35f098ff576b398b"}],"title":"wifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}