What is CVE-2026-68407?

CVE-2026-68407 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.160 onward and patched in 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101 and others. CVE-2026-68407 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-68407?

CVE-2026-68407 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-68407?

Yes, CVE-2026-68407 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.160 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-68407 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-68407 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-68407

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: free RNR data on MBSSID mismatch nl80211_parse_beacon() rejects EMA RNR data when there are fewer RNR entries than MBSSID entries. The rejected RNR allocation has not been attached to the beacon data yet, so free it before returning the error.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-10

Last modified 2026-08-19

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.160, 6.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.160 ≥ 6.4

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.183 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.148 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.101 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.42 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.6 7.1.x ✓ 7.2

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-68407?

CVE-2026-68407 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.160 onward and has been patched in 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101 and others. CVE-2026-68407 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-68407?

Yes. CVE-2026-68407 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.160 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-68407 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-68407 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.