A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.35/7.0.12. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is the function
cfg80211_scan of the component wifi. This manipulation of the argument int_scan_req causes memory leak.
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-53258. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available.
Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
