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  "affected": [
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
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      "package": {
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        "name": "Kernel"
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              "introduced": "2.6.30"
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              "fixed": "6.18.42"
            }
          ],
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              "fixed": "7.1.6"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68412.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan()\n\nIf the test against IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN fails, then 'creq' leaks.\nUse the existing error handling path to fix it.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-68412",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:33.454128166Z",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:04:32.486Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d2e850c643e2c70fa165b722a1ad28347a8b3a"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6659f66d4ee4841aafae5659d2ef5e4c5c63cb6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67dc2b8d5ac4bb804000b6732768a9ae678912f"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68412.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68412"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "wifi: cfg80211: Fix an error handling path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan()"
}