# CVE-2024-26779: wifi: mac80211: fix race condition on enabling fast-xmit

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-03 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix race condition on enabling fast-xmit fast-xmit must only be enabled after the sta has been uploaded to the driver, otherwise it could end up passing the not-yet-uploaded sta via drv_tx calls to the driver, leading to potential crashes because of uninitialized drv_priv data. Add a missing sta->uploaded check and re-check fast xmit after inserting a sta.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76fad1174a0cae6fc857b9f88b261a2e4f07d587
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85720b69aef177318f4a18efbcc4302228a340e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ffab99e070b9f8ae0cf60c3c3602b84eee818dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88c18fd06608b3adee547102505d715f21075c9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb39bb548bf974acad7bd6780fe11f9e6652d696
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b79d8786964e2f840e8a2ec4a9f9a50f3d4954
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/281280276b70c822f55ce15b661f6d1d3228aaa9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcbc84af1183c8cf3d1ca9b78540c2185cd85e7f

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