Vulnerability · Published May 28, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-46125wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails If connection preparation fails for MLO connections, then the interface is completely reset to non-MLD. In this case, we must not keep the station since it's related to the link of the vif being removed. Delete an existing station. Any "new_sta" is already being removed, so that doesn't need changes. This fixes a use-after-free/double-free in debugfs if that's enabled, because a vif going from MLD (and to MLD, but that's not relevant here) recreates its entire debugfs.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.134.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:26427
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.134.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:26427
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:27789
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:27789
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:27789
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:27789
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:27789
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
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AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
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AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:27288
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:27789
Debian:12linux6.1.176-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46125
Debian:13linux6.12.88-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46125
Debian:14linux7.0.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46125
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2RLSA-2026:27288
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.134.1.el8_10RLSA-2026:26427
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_8RLSA-2026:27789
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-136.136UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-28.28USN-8566-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-28.28UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1061.64UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1009.9USN-8618-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46125

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 – before 18fed0a209500bfea5c4c08609ec93855e4e500b81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 – before fe75fa1ac9a92990f7fc3d34b17808fd933071b281151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 – before afcbaed89cdc1a001b43270cbf5394bb4804270a81151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 – before 9e28654f79f443bca9b29ff3ae7cf18abfba58a081151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 – before 1c2b72ea89882aeb948340498391e69c58d466f181151ce462e533551f3284bfdb8e0f461c9220e6 – before 283fc9e44ff5b5ac967439b4951b80bd4299f4e4
Linux Linux 6.0

Weakness: CWE-825, CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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