Memory Leak in Infineon Airoc Wi-Fi Driver Affecting Device Connectivity

CVE-2026-12999

What is CVE-2026-12999?

The Infineon Airoc Wi-Fi driver contains a vulnerability that leads to a memory leak during outbound packet transmission failures. The driver's transmit callback allocates buffers from a limited pool for every outgoing packet. If a transmission fails, these buffers are not released properly, leading to a depletion of available resources. Attackers can exploit this by causing synchronous send failures, resulting in permanent denial of service until the affected device is rebooted. The issue has been addressed in the latest fix, which ensures proper handling of buffer allocation failures.

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