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The cve 2026 64117 tag covers reporting on a newly published Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the mac80211 Wi-Fi stack and mesh forwarding. The issue involves an out-of-bounds lifetime assumption that may allow receive-status data to be read from packet memory after it has been repurposed or freed. The flaw affects a privileged, security-sensitive part of the networking path under specific conditions, rather than every wireless device. Upstream developers resolved the issue before public CVE publication. The Linux kernel CNA assigned CVE-2026-64117 a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, rated High, while NIST had not completed its separate severity assessment in the reported timeframe.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    CVE-2026-64117 Fix: Update Linux Wi-Fi Mesh Kernels

    CVE-2026-64117 is a newly published Linux kernel vulnerability in the Wi-Fi stack that deserves attention not because it affects every wireless device, but because it sits in a privileged and security-sensitive part of the networking path. The flaw, resolved upstream before public CVE...