Bug 2506777 (CVE-2026-64212) - CVE-2026-64212 kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't dereference a pointer before NULL checking it
Summary: CVE-2026-64212 kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't dereference a pointer before...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-64212
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-24 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-28 08:51 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-24 16:01:49 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlwifi: mld: don't dereference a pointer before NULL checking it

In iwl_mld_remove_link, the link->fw_id is saved at the beginning of the
function so we have it after we freed the link.

But the link pointer can be NULL, and is not checked when the fw_id is
stored.

Fix it by simply freeing the link at the end of the function.

fFixes: 0e66a39f4f0e ("wifi: iwlwifi: fix potential use after free in iwl_mld_remove_link()")

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-07-28 08:49:30 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072414-CVE-2026-64212-71ba@gregkh/T


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