# wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: null RX pointers after free

CVE record · `CVE-2026-93796`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-93796`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:02 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: `9cf671d60fdbeb8f875859c11148cf13c326ada2 to before 847103369489110a222482c7781e0fe62cdbd3d5` (git)
  - affected: `9cf671d60fdbeb8f875859c11148cf13c326ada2 to before c422d5d53f135ea987f745773953a91f9fe30c3f` (git)
  - affected: `9cf671d60fdbeb8f875859c11148cf13c326ada2 to before 6ec5bf430cf7466cb412e47f2761594092781fac` (git)
  - affected: `9cf671d60fdbeb8f875859c11148cf13c326ada2 to before 3456c5bcc987aeb182e50e30c9b02be8420e9953` (git)
  - affected: `9cf671d60fdbeb8f875859c11148cf13c326ada2 to before 2c79d7a7b583050c9f58041465cb46fe3483ab5d` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.12`
  - unaffected: `before 5.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0012, the 1st percentile, on 13 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 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-93796](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93796)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-93796](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93796)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/847103369489110a222482c7781e0fe62cdbd3d5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c422d5d53f135ea987f745773953a91f9fe30c3f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec5bf430cf7466cb412e47f2761594092781fac>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3456c5bcc987aeb182e50e30c9b02be8420e9953>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c79d7a7b583050c9f58041465cb46fe3483ab5d>

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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