High severity · published May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-46125
wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails
If connection preparation fails for MLO connections, then the
interface is completely reset to non-MLD. In this case, we must
not keep the station since it's related to the link of the vif
being removed. Delete an existing station. Any "new_sta" is
already being removed, so that doesn't need changes.
This fixes a use-after-free/double-free in debugfs if that's
enabled, because a vif going from MLD (and to MLD, but that's
not relevant here) recreates its entire debugfs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.0 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.140; 6.7 before 6.12.88; 6.13 before 6.18.30; 6.19 before 7.0.7; 7.1; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 before 18fed0a209500bfea5c4c08609ec93855e4e500b; 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 before fe75fa1ac9a92990f7fc3d34b17808fd933071b2; 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 before afcbaed89cdc1a001b43270cbf5394bb4804270a; 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 before 9e28654f79f443bca9b29ff3ae7cf18abfba58a0; 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 before 1c2b72ea89882aeb948340498391e69c58d466f1; 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 before 283fc9e44ff5b5ac967439b4951b80bd4299f4e4; +1 more · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46125
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46125
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18fed0a209500bfea5c4c08609ec93855e4e500b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c2b72ea89882aeb948340498391e69c58d466f1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/283fc9e44ff5b5ac967439b4951b80bd4299f4e4
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e28654f79f443bca9b29ff3ae7cf18abfba58a0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afcbaed89cdc1a001b43270cbf5394bb4804270a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe75fa1ac9a92990f7fc3d34b17808fd933071b2
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