In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors

nl80211_color_change() calls nl80211_parse_beacon() for the beacon_next
template, which can allocate params.beacon_next.mbssid_ies and .rnr_ies.
A parsing failure returned directly instead of using the out: cleanup,
leaking any allocations completed before the error.

Allocate the nested attribute table before parsing beacon_next. Its
allocation failure can then return before beacon data exists, while a
later parsing failure uses out: to release the parsed data.
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Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000


Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0000


Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000


Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-775

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors nl80211_color_change() calls nl80211_parse_beacon() for the beacon_next template, which can allocate params.beacon_next.mbssid_ies and .rnr_ies. A parsing failure returned directly instead of using the out: cleanup, leaking any allocations completed before the error. Allocate the nested attribute table before parsing beacon_next. Its allocation failure can then return before beacon data exists, while a later parsing failure uses out: to release the parsed data.
Title wifi: nl80211: clean up color-change beacon data on errors
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T12:35:18.517Z

Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.805Z

Link: CVE-2026-90346

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-17T17:17:33.343

Modified: 2026-10-30T13:20:50.757

Link: CVE-2026-90346

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Updated: 2026-09-19T05:30:17Z

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