# CVE-2026-74412: wifi: rtw88: fix wrong pci\_get\_drvdata type in AER handlers

- 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: 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from cdb82c80b9349ed1d9ce6b49856128e04f4effc9, fixed in 1ef3d1338d94ec41f58fbfb6ba7742a27ea61d89; from cdb82c80b9349ed1d9ce6b49856128e04f4effc9, fixed in d7920797f721f944861f3c48ffb2b73f84b631fe; from cdb82c80b9349ed1d9ce6b49856128e04f4effc9, fixed in 706183dbef4a79d120d4e928f693bea50df496f8
- Linux: 6.17
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.17.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers rtw88 stores an ieee80211_hw pointer via pci_set_drvdata() at probe time, but io_error_detected() and io_resume() retrieve it as a net_device pointer. This causes netif_device_detach/attach to operate on an ieee80211_hw struct, reading and writing at wrong offsets. Use ieee80211_stop_queues/wake_queues instead, consistent with every other queue stop/start path in the driver.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.40, 7.1.5) 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/1ef3d1338d94ec41f58fbfb6ba7742a27ea61d89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7920797f721f944861f3c48ffb2b73f84b631fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/706183dbef4a79d120d4e928f693bea50df496f8

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