CVE-2026-23444

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do. Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free. Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e769dddcbeb3baf2ce346273b53dd61fdbecf4	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b4d27acafaeab478fd24f79ad6e593a892828b9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f1b690b4868923fbd242298def2fb88662f108	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ef8ca1c164786da24169af155c1ca1ff1353cf8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905ef207d5ed99ca64adfe39fba9ac46e434327a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a779d1f480e83720b5384adf165604e7ee226bd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ad6ab61cbd89afdb60881f6274f74328af3ee9	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f77b51bcee7be2bb686b5f7a2d4a1921e4bdb9f4

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-04-03 16:16

Updated : 2026-07-24 21:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-23444

Mitre link : CVE-2026-23444

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23444

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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