wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails
CVE-2026-53258 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53258, released June 28, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails rdev->int_scan_req is leaked if cfg80211_scan() fails. Note that it's supposed to be released at ___cfg80211_scan_done() but this doesn't happen as rdev->scan_req is NULL at that point, too, leading to the early return from the freeing function. unreferenced object 0xffff8881161d0800 (size 512): comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 379, jiffies 4294749765 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 81 13 16 81 88 ff ff ................ backtrace (crc c867fdb6): kmemleak_alloc+0x89/0x90 __kmalloc_noprof+0x2fd/0x410 cfg80211_scan+0x133/0x730 nl80211_trigger_scan+0xc69/0x1cc0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x204/0x2f0 genl_rcv_msg+0x431/0x6b0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x143/0x3f0 genl_rcv+0x27/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x4f6/0x820 netlink_sendmsg+0x797/0xce0 __sock_sendmsg+0xc4/0x160 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5e4/0x890 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180 __sys_sendmsg+0x136/0x1e0 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x76/0xc0 x64_sys_call+0x13f0/0x17d0 Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-azure · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-azure · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-default · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-default · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-docs · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-docs · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18 · sles 15.7 | 1-150700.1.5.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3130-1 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19 · sles 15.7 | 1-150700.15.3.4 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-source · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-source · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-syms · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-syms · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2 | SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.115-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53258 | Jun 28, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 7.0.13-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53258 | Jun 28, 2026 |
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