{"cve":"CVE-2026-64570","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-05T08:16:36.680","modified":"2026-10-19T21:17:47.523","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix fils_discovery double free on alloc failure\n\nieee80211_set_fils_discovery() calls kfree_rcu() on the old template\nbefore allocating the replacement. If the kzalloc() then fails, it\nreturns -ENOMEM while link->u.ap.fils_discovery still points at the\nobject already queued for freeing. A later update or AP teardown\n(ieee80211_stop_ap()) re-queues that same rcu_head; the second free is\ncaught by KASAN when the RCU sheaf is processed in softirq:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: double-free in rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850)\n  Free of addr ffff88800c065280 by task swapper/0/0\n   ...\n   __rcu_free_sheaf_prepare (mm/slub.c:2634 mm/slub.c:2940)\n   rcu_free_sheaf (mm/slub.c:5850)\n   rcu_core (kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2869)\n   handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622)\n  The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-96 of size 96\n\nQueue the old object for kfree_rcu() only after the new one is published,\nmatching ieee80211_set_probe_resp() and ieee80211_set_s1g_short_beacon().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1981fba71797ec95e6755fb882cad88899a2a84f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/286e52a799fa158bdbd77da1426c4d93f9a6e7ad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5baaa1042f71dd4b8e418f2cdd516808702d229b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2c55079155a953db669ca1986a985fa286bad95"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:56:58.798400159+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-64570","score":0.00183,"percentile":0.07825,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}