{"id":"CVE-2026-98351","summary":"wifi: virt_wifi: free skb when disconnected","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: virt_wifi: free skb when disconnected\n\nWhen the simulated link is disconnected, virt_wifi_start_xmit() returns\nNET_XMIT_DROP without freeing the skb. dev_hard_start_xmit() treats this\nreturn value as consumed, so every packet sent while disconnected leaks its\nskb.\n\nFree the skb before returning the drop status.","modified":"2026-10-07T02:47:34.468844005Z","published":"2026-10-06T08:46:39.335Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98351.json"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36727a702cf8e3399e3da60d0856378f6afcfb34"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d3a5df85345f158f78b478b265ca906224454e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46371442847a725cc0df3697fea2eba1dd54b82b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f266738af45675faa0e8afee08c6e780afa8b06"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56469996c10a0240653fc00576b4d33bdfb4cc51"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d177eca79e1106834bc423d3969a4a2e3987996a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee053ea35c759135460f03d1c574f4ed08de844a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9edf7cf63b96d2b776fca8d258d3c5256e40c8e"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98351.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98351"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c7cdba31ed8b87526db978976392802d3f93110c"},{"fixed":"38d3a5df85345f158f78b478b265ca906224454e"},{"fixed":"ee053ea35c759135460f03d1c574f4ed08de844a"},{"fixed":"d177eca79e1106834bc423d3969a4a2e3987996a"},{"fixed":"36727a702cf8e3399e3da60d0856378f6afcfb34"},{"fixed":"56469996c10a0240653fc00576b4d33bdfb4cc51"},{"fixed":"4f266738af45675faa0e8afee08c6e780afa8b06"},{"fixed":"46371442847a725cc0df3697fea2eba1dd54b82b"},{"fixed":"f9edf7cf63b96d2b776fca8d258d3c5256e40c8e"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98351.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.0.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.271"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.222"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.189"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.158"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.112"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.54"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98351.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}