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.