{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "9cf671d60fdbeb8f875859c11148cf13c326ada2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6ec5bf430cf7466cb412e47f2761594092781fac"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3456c5bcc987aeb182e50e30c9b02be8420e9953"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2c79d7a7b583050c9f58041465cb46fe3483ab5d"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.12.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.111"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.53"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93796.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: pcie: null RX pointers after free\n\nWhen iwl_pcie_tx_init() fails after RX init, nic init unwinds via\niwl_pcie_rx_free().\n\nThe freed RX members stayed non-NULL on the live transport object,\nso later teardown or retry could touch stale RX state.\nSet rx_pool, global_table, rxq, and alloc_page to NULL after free\nto make repeated cleanup and retry paths safe.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-93796",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T03:30:39.501068457Z",
  "published": "2026-09-24T16:02:29.478Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c79d7a7b583050c9f58041465cb46fe3483ab5d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3456c5bcc987aeb182e50e30c9b02be8420e9953"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec5bf430cf7466cb412e47f2761594092781fac"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93796.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93796"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: null RX pointers after free"
}