๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-68182

HIGH 7.5

wifi: iwlwifi: fix potential use after free in iwl_mld_remove_link()

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix potential use after free in iwl_mld_remove_link() This code frees "link" by calling kfree_rcu(link, rcu_head) and then it dereferences "link" to get the "link->fw_id". Save the "link->fw_id" first to avoid a potential use after free.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Technology
Published Dec 16, 2025
Last Updated Aug 5, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b < 5b4a239c9f94e1606435f1842fc6fd426d607dbb d1e879ec600f9b3bdd253167533959facfefb17b < 77e67d5daaf155f7d0f99f4e797c4842169ec19e
Linux / Linux
6.15

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4a239c9f94e1606435f1842fc6fd426d607dbb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77e67d5daaf155f7d0f99f4e797c4842169ec19e