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The cve 2026 68407 tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about CVE-2026-68407, a Linux kernel vulnerability that causes a memory leak in Wi-Fi access-point configuration via malformed Enhanced Multiple BSSID Advertisement requests. The tag clarifies that this is not a Windows Wi-Fi driver issue and that standard WSL 2 installations are not exposed. It is relevant to Linux systems, custom WSL deployments, and virtual machines where a Linux guest has direct control of a Wi-Fi adapter. The tag also notes that the NVD page for this CVE was temporarily unavailable, reflecting ongoing efforts to track and verify vulnerability details.
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    CVE-2026-68407 Causes Linux Wi-Fi AP Memory Leak

    CVE-2026-68407 fixes a small but real kernel-memory leak in Linux Wi‑Fi access-point configuration: a malformed Enhanced Multiple BSSID Advertisement request can cause nl80211 to allocate Reduced Neighbor Report data, reject the request, and fail to release that allocation. For most Windows...