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CVE-2026-22978 wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

🗓️ 23 Jan 2026 15:24:00Reported by LinuxType 
cvelist
 cvelist🔗 www.cve.org👁 28 Views

CVE-2026-22978 fixes kernel info leak by zeroing struct iw_point on 64-bit arches to avoid disclosing kernel data to user space.

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ATTACKERKB		CVE-2026-22978
23 Jan 202615:24
–attackerkb
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1488)
30 Mar 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dla-4475 : ata-modules-5.10.0-35-armmp-di - security update
11 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dla-4476 : linux-config-6.1 - security update
11 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dsa-6126 : ata-modules-6.12.31-armmp-di - security update
9 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian dsa-6127 : affs-modules-6.1.0-37-4kc-malta-di - security update
9 Feb 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2026-2077)
6 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2026-2102)
6 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2026-2132)
6 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2026-2171)
6 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
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