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CVE-2026-68414

wifi: cfg80211: cancel sched scan results work on unregister

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: cancel sched scan results work on unregister cfg80211_sched_scan_results() can queue rdev->sched_scan_res_wk from a driver result notification while a scheduled scan request is present. The work callback recovers the containing cfg80211_registered_device and then locks the wiphy and walks the scheduled-scan request list. wiphy_unregister() already makes the wiphy unreachable and drains rdev work items before cfg80211_dev_free() can release the object, but it does not drain sched_scan_res_wk. A queued or running result work item can therefore cross the unregister/free boundary and access freed rdev state. The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order within that path: scheduled-scan result path: unregister/free path: 1. cfg80211_sched_scan_results() 1. interface teardown stops and queues rdev->sched_scan_res_wk. removes the scheduled scan request. 2. cfg80211_wq starts the work 2. wiphy_unregister() drains other item and recovers rdev. rdev work items. 3. The worker locks rdev->wiphy 3. cfg80211_dev_free() destroys and and walks rdev state. frees rdev. Cancel sched_scan_res_wk in wiphy_unregister() alongside the other rdev work items. cancel_work_sync() removes a pending result notification and waits for an already running callback, so cfg80211_dev_free() cannot free rdev while this work item is still active. Validation reproduced this kernel report: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530 Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk [cfg80211] Read of size 8 Call trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 print_report+0xce/0x630 cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530 srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 __virt_addr_valid+0x224/0x430 kasan_report+0xac/0xe0 lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xea/0x1a0 process_one_work+0x8d0/0x18f0 (kernel/workqueue.c:3212) lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100 worker_thread+0x5ad/0xfd0 __kthread_parkme+0xc6/0x200 kthread+0x31e/0x410 trace_hardirqs_on+0x1a/0x170 ret_from_fork+0x576/0x810 __switch_to+0x57e/0xe20 __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166 · fixed in c0fa1f3a4b021a5c6373169fd6c9bb4261d676a0; From 807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166 · fixed in b51b42b974461fd0f688baad85f10e2b8ab215c5; From 807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166 · fixed in 3368457b4871ae8f0f88d19c9a3e6270e850ede6; From 807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166 · fixed in 308ffdf575560d7e7b8b21f1e3ca6276630f73bf; From 807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166 · fixed in 9293574ac208d18c11073538851fb69355beb3b5; From 807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166 · fixed in b119c70b24776c8ab2a2c0515397b3b0ad4e66cd; From 807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166 · fixed in edf0730be33696a1bd142792830d392129e495cc

  • Linux Linux

    3.0

  • KernelLinux

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 5.15.216; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.183; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.148; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.101; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.42; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.1.6

References 7

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