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High CVSS 8.8

CVE-2026-74323

NVD analysis in progress

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.

What this means

Exposure
Exploitable from the adjacent network, without authentication and with no action from the victim.
Impact
An attacker can read sensitive data, modify or destroy data and take the service offline.
Likelihood
Its EPSS score stays low: nothing points to imminent exploitation, which is no reason to leave it unpatched.

What to doFold into the next patch cycle.

Read automatically from the CVSS vector, the weakness type (CWE) and the EPSS score. The technical description above remains the one published by NIST.

Published
15 August 2026
CVSS
8.8 (v3.1) CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.24% probability of exploitation within 30 days · above 15% of all CVEs
Sources
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