CVE-2026-461258.8HighCWE-825

CVE-2026-46125: wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails

Linux

Vendor fix available · Affected: Linux · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

23rd percentile

050100

Higher than 23% of scored CVEs

8.8HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products2

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Linux · LinuxVersions not stated
Linux · Linux6.0

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Expired Pointer Dereference · Memory Corruption
Vendor: Linux
Published: May 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), May 2026

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References

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