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● CVE — High

CVE-2026-68404

DiscoveredAug 10, 2026UpdatedOct 30, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect nl80211_netlink_notify() walks the cfg80211 wireless device list when a NETLINK_GENERIC socket is released. If the socket owns a connection, the notifier queues the embedded wdev->disconnect_wk work item. That work is a plain work_struct today. NETDEV_GOING_DOWN cancels it, but a NETLINK_URELEASE notifier that already observed conn_owner_nlportid can queue it after that cancel returns. _cfg80211_unregister_wdev() then removes the wdev from the list and waits for RCU readers, but synchronize_net() does not drain work queued by such a reader. Make the autodisconnect work a wiphy_work instead. The callback already needs the wiphy mutex, and wiphy_work runs under…

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.17%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
4
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Intelligence Reports1
1 intelligence report available

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EPSS Trend
Aug 14, 2026 → Nov 1, 2026
▼ 0.02pp
0.19% → 0.17% over 7 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
5 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Aug 10, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Oct 30, 2026
Oct 6, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8886-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Oct 6, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8887-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Oct 6, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8888-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Oct 6, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8889-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities