Bug 2454876 (CVE-2026-23444) - CVE-2026-23444 kernel: wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure
Summary: CVE-2026-23444 kernel: wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepar...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23444
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-03 16:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-03 16:28 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-03 16:05:42 UTC
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.


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