# wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect

CVE record · `CVE-2026-68404`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-68404`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-662](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/662.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-662](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-662.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 10 Aug 2026, 12:04 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a to before 23517673b1eecaec95e61dde285220d5a980cf3f` (git)
  - affected: `bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a to before c55590e4c69e0fd194df6d20bc35381c201d99e1` (git)
  - affected: `bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a to before 4087a9ba4ece70297a4174afaa41c0b700302b65` (git)
  - affected: `bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a to before c2ddd180bbee766cf7359473d623423ea9485d93` (git)
  - affected: `bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a to before 6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79` (git)
  - affected: `bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a to before 0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.11`
  - unaffected: `before 4.11` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.57 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.6 to 7.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-68404](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68404)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-68404](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68404)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23517673b1eecaec95e61dde285220d5a980cf3f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c55590e4c69e0fd194df6d20bc35381c201d99e1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4087a9ba4ece70297a4174afaa41c0b700302b65>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ddd180bbee766cf7359473d623423ea9485d93>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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