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CVE-2025-39864

7.8 high SSVC exploitation: none Modified

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() Following bss_free() quirk introduced in commit 776b3580178f ("cfg80211: track hidden SSID networks properly"), adjust cfg80211_update_known_bss() to free the last beacon frame elements only if they're not shared via the corresponding 'hidden_beacon_bss' pointer.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.8 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 6

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 12