# CVE-2026-68407: wifi: nl80211: free RNR data on MBSSID mismatch

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.183
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.1.160, fixed in 6.1.183
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.183) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b76fc30c80b240107a7de3c7560113c9290eafc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa9592ef7de11f8c7042315d9bc20e91a97f679e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312c8b9d7836ef58e552619a8c19be08b04032bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb052a6e2fa866384d8edc237746583ec94c15af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f919f29e9b75793104709987131b8d910d7800a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a95ec2b54774201fdf4ef7ffb0ca2ab19ed29c

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