High 8.8Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-74323wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible token leak in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb()

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:30 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible token leak in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb() If link_conf or link_sta lookup fails in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb routine, mt7996 driver leaks an already allocated tx token. Fix the issue releasing the token in case of error.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	7ef0c7ad735b0c38140259519a3f165bee2b857c builds before 06e65d6cf80490bc0457d339595d1ed5a89e8899; from 7ef0c7ad735b0c38140259519a3f165bee2b857c before fa0e9aa92a7bc97fc42014c5efaaf1278fa92723; from 7ef0c7ad735b0c38140259519a3f165bee2b857c before 831074096d0450308357271fc0ffd3f600a2487e	CNA record

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e65d6cf80490bc0457d339595d1ed5a89e8899
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa0e9aa92a7bc97fc42014c5efaaf1278fa92723
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831074096d0450308357271fc0ffd3f600a2487e

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