# CVE-2026-46166: wifi: mac80211: use safe list iteration in radar detect work

- 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=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.88, 6.18.30, 7.0.7
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from bca8bc0399ac2efd56e6adbed0307e10125a556c, fixed in 887ece6c23b49d02a6678e7a8d5ad213d75883ce; from bca8bc0399ac2efd56e6adbed0307e10125a556c, fixed in 7577a4b8a10fab45a6ee2045ea038a5adadbb585; from bca8bc0399ac2efd56e6adbed0307e10125a556c, fixed in 120149fb3ebcf674832ca3cafd32bedcdb686dde; from bca8bc0399ac2efd56e6adbed0307e10125a556c, fixed in ac8eb3e18f41e2cc8492cc1d358bcb786c850270
- Linux: 6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.12.88; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.30; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.0.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: use safe list iteration in radar detect work The call to ieee80211_dfs_cac_cancel can cause the iterated chanctx to be freed and removed from the list. Guard against this to avoid a slab-use-after-free error.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.88, 6.18.30, 7.0.7) per the references below.
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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/887ece6c23b49d02a6678e7a8d5ad213d75883ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7577a4b8a10fab45a6ee2045ea038a5adadbb585
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/120149fb3ebcf674832ca3cafd32bedcdb686dde
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac8eb3e18f41e2cc8492cc1d358bcb786c850270

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