{"cve":"CVE-2026-93796","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-24T17:17:12.383","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:07.997","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: pcie: null RX pointers after free\n\nWhen iwl_pcie_tx_init() fails after RX init, nic init unwinds via\niwl_pcie_rx_free().\n\nThe freed RX members stayed non-NULL on the live transport object,\nso later teardown or retry could touch stale RX state.\nSet rx_pool, global_table, rxq, and alloc_page to NULL after free\nto make repeated cleanup and retry paths safe.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c79d7a7b583050c9f58041465cb46fe3483ab5d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3456c5bcc987aeb182e50e30c9b02be8420e9953","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec5bf430cf7466cb412e47f2761594092781fac","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c422d5d53f135ea987f745773953a91f9fe30c3f"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-93796","score":0.00122,"percentile":0.0193,"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."]}