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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-64574 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: tear down new links on vif update error path When ieee80211_vif_update_links() adds new links it allocates a link container for each and calls ieee80211_link_init() (which registers the per-link

[NVD] CVE-2026-64574 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: tear down new links on vif update error path When ieee80211_vif_update_links() adds new links it allocates a link container for each and calls ieee80211_link_init() (which registers the per-link

mednvdPublished 2026-08-05

CVE-2026-64574 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2026-08-05T08:16:37.203

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: tear down new links on vif update error path

When ieee80211_vif_update_links() adds new links it allocates a link container for each and calls ieee80211_link_init() (which registers the per-link debugfs files with file->private_data pointing into t

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CVE-2026-64574cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64574