CVE-2026-72004

🗓️ 15 Aug 2026 05:51:35Reported by LinuxType

mac80211 leaks rate_ctrl when kmemdup fails during band structure copy in ieee80211_register_hw.

Reporter	Title	Published	Views	Family All 6
Cvelist	CVE-2026-72004 wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_register_hw()	15 Aug 202605:51	–	cvelist
Debian CVE	CVE-2026-72004	15 Aug 202605:51	–	debiancve
EUVD	EUVD-2026-59103	15 Aug 202605:51	–	euvd
NVD	CVE-2026-72004	15 Aug 202606:20	–	nvd
OSV	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72004	15 Aug 202606:20	–	osv
Positive Technologies	PT-2026-72193	15 Aug 202600:00	–	ptsecurity

Vulners

CNA

Node

linux linux_kernelRange4.20–5.10.261

linux linux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.212

linux linux_kernelRange5.16.0–6.1.178

linux linux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.6.145

linux linux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.12.97

linux linux_kernelRange6.13.0–6.18.40

linux linux_kernelRange6.19.0–7.1.5

linux linux_kernelRange7.2.0–7.2-rc4

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    "vendor": "Linux",
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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/mac80211/main.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
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    "programFiles": [
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    ],
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      },
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      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.261",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
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      },
      {
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      },
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        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
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    ]
  }
]

Source	Link
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fc02722edde02946d0d475221f2b2054d3d8ba
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02b52fe54f7b5107aefa1ce28c2f69749c57616
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/08b71bd92317f99642b842cfc0d30200868162fc
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/f01eec75fd372961550b928902f3a2c11fca1daf
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/45e9ac538cdff7bce656d731114a64eda85af0d7
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7584f261e64fe14e45bdf70f343e16c1ee3a037
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8b9b290421c3cd505fcd2f551f143f8142786a
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc0b8bfdc142439d6708b072e8159eb515ee7b0

15 Aug 2026 06:20Current

5.4Medium risk

Vulners AI Score5.4

EPSS0.0021