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

wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible token leak in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb()

If link_conf or link_sta lookup fails in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb routine,
mt7996 driver leaks an already allocated tx token. Fix the issue
releasing the token in case of error.

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Linux Linux unaffected
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7ef0c7ad735b0c38140259519a3f165bee2b857c affected < 06e65d6cf80490bc0457d339595d1ed5a89e8899
7ef0c7ad735b0c38140259519a3f165bee2b857c affected < fa0e9aa92a7bc97fc42014c5efaaf1278fa92723
7ef0c7ad735b0c38140259519a3f165bee2b857c affected < 831074096d0450308357271fc0ffd3f600a2487e
Linux Linux affected
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6.18 affected —
0 unaffected < 6.18
6.18.40 unaffected ≤ 6.18.*
7.1.5 unaffected ≤ 7.1.*
7.2-rc1 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e65d6cf80490bc0457d339595d1ed5a89e8899 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831074096d0450308357271fc0ffd3f600a2487e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa0e9aa92a7bc97fc42014c5efaaf1278fa92723 cve-icon cve-icon
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Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-772

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible token leak in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb() If link_conf or link_sta lookup fails in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb routine, mt7996 driver leaks an already allocated tx token. Fix the issue releasing the token in case of error.
Title wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible token leak in mt7996_tx_prepare_skb()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:58:18.857Z

Reserved: 2026-08-15T05:44:03.884Z

Link: CVE-2026-74323

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:32.877

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:32.877

Link: CVE-2026-74323

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Updated: 2026-08-15T17:30:11Z

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