CVE-2026-74368 Affecting kernel-source-vanilla package, versions <6.12.0-160000.40.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELSOURCEVANILLA-21882398
  • published30 Oct 2026
  • disclosed24 Oct 2026

Introduced: 24 Oct 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-source-vanilla to version 6.12.0-160000.40.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source-vanilla package and not the kernel-source-vanilla package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic()

In ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic(), the call to ath12k_dp_rx_check_nwifi_hdr_len_valid() may return false when the NWIFI header length is invalid, causing the function to abort early with -EINVAL.

When this happens, the error propagates to ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_defrag(), which clears first_frag by setting it to NULL. As a result, the corresponding MSDU is no longer referenced by the defragmentation path and is never freed.

This leads to a memory leak for the affected MSDU on this error path. Proper cleanup is required to ensure the MSDU is released when header validation fails during TKIP MIC verification.

Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00302-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.115823.3

CVSS Base Scores

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