Linux Kernel up to 6.12.91/6.18.33/7.0.10 mac80211 defragmentation routine heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.91/6.18.33/7.0.10. This affects the function defragmentation routine of the component mac80211. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-64515. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.91/6.18.33/7.0.10. This issue affects the function defragmentation routine of the component mac80211. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix MLE defragmentation If either reconf or EPCS multi-link element (MLE) is contained in a non-transmitted profile, the defragmentation routine is called with a pointer to the defragmented copy, but the original elements. This is incorrect for two reasons: - if the original defragmentation was needed, it will not find the correct data - if the original frame is at a higher address, the parsing will potentially overrun the heap data (though given the layout of the buffers, only into the new defragmentation buffer, and then it has to stop and fail once that's filled with copied data. Fix it by tracking the container along with the pointer and in doing so also unify the two almost identical defragmentation routines.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-64515 since 07/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/26/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.12.92, 6.18.34 or 7.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1f573e17bcb7275ddd1c8f47f46ae0faf0e902a4/55c479aae99b120489a432db9c717484e523dfd6/722b3f86df80644463d29fe5451e30a617f74500/a74e893f30db64cdce0fc7a96d3baa417bcd55f5 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-48859). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

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License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 6.12.92/6.18.34/7.0.11
Patch: 1f573e17bcb7275ddd1c8f47f46ae0faf0e902a4/55c479aae99b120489a432db9c717484e523dfd6/722b3f86df80644463d29fe5451e30a617f74500/a74e893f30db64cdce0fc7a96d3baa417bcd55f5

Timelineinfo

07/19/2026 CVE reserved
07/25/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
07/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/26/2026 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-64515 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-64515
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-383303
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/25/2026 19:22
Updated: 07/26/2026 02:04
Changes: 07/25/2026 19:22 (59), 07/26/2026 02:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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