High severity · published Jul 19, 2026
CVE-2026-64117
wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb
ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() reads RX status through
IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), which aliases the same skb->cb storage
that ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() reuses as IEEE80211_TX_INFO. In the
unicast forward path, mesh_data does:
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(fwd_skb);
memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info));
on the same skb the caller still names via rx->skb, then either
queues the skb for TX (success) or kfree_skb()'s it (no-route)
before returning RX_QUEUED. The caller's RX_QUEUED arm then
calls sta_stats_encode_rate(status) on memory that is either
zeroed (success path) or freed (no-route path). The latter is
KASAN slab-use-after-free in ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle.
Fix by encoding the rate from status before invoking
ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(), so the RX_QUEUED arm consumes a value
captured while status was still backed by valid memory.
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 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.4 before 7.0.11; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
3468e1e0c639032a603450f0830ccabfa76f5806 before 5fe97797412aa8bc0184f78379fafb594bcb7f66; 3468e1e0c639032a603450f0830ccabfa76f5806 before 0cd37e746e98ab0baa6d8b812955220775b080d6; 3468e1e0c639032a603450f0830ccabfa76f5806 before a2650f8461cd8ba287fee2992b36abe733c2bd5e; 3468e1e0c639032a603450f0830ccabfa76f5806 before 2fb64f94f9afb774f2fa0c7835727d7a67f89f07; 3468e1e0c639032a603450f0830ccabfa76f5806 before d71c841be5d9e586ee7f36c0dc8ed4db0d9a1349; 6.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64117
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64117
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd37e746e98ab0baa6d8b812955220775b080d6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fb64f94f9afb774f2fa0c7835727d7a67f89f07
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe97797412aa8bc0184f78379fafb594bcb7f66
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2650f8461cd8ba287fee2992b36abe733c2bd5e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d71c841be5d9e586ee7f36c0dc8ed4db0d9a1349
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