High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-46125
CVE-2026-46125
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.
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Affected products
95- osv-coords91 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/almalinux/bpftoolpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernelpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64kpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-64k-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-stablelistspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-cross-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-debug-uki-virtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-headerspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-modules-extra-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64kpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-64k-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debugpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-debug-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-rt-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-uki-virtpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-uki-virt-addonspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdumppkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matchedpkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modulespkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-corepkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extrapkg:rpm/almalinux/libperfpkg:rpm/almalinux/perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-perfpkg:rpm/almalinux/rtlapkg:rpm/almalinux/rvpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
>= 6.0.0, < 6.1.176+ 90 more
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
19- git.kernel.org/stable/c/18fed0a209500bfea5c4c08609ec93855e4e500bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c2b72ea89882aeb948340498391e69c58d466f1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/283fc9e44ff5b5ac967439b4951b80bd4299f4e4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e28654f79f443bca9b29ff3ae7cf18abfba58a0nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/afcbaed89cdc1a001b43270cbf5394bb4804270anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe75fa1ac9a92990f7fc3d34b17808fd933071b2nvdPatch
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26427nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26428nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26462nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26515nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26563nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27288nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27708nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27731nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27735nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27789nvd
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46125nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46125.jsonnvd
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