wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect nl80211_netlink_notify() walks the cfg80211 wireless device list when a NETLINK_GENERIC socket is released. If the socket owns a connection, the notifier queues the embedded wdev->disconnect_wk work item. That work is a plain work_struct today. NETDEV_GOING_DOWN cancels it, but a NETLINK_URELEASE notifier that already observed conn_owner_nlportid can queue it after that cancel returns. _cfg80211_unregister_wdev() then removes the wdev from the list and waits for RCU readers, but synchronize_net() does not drain work queued by such a reader. Make the autodisconnect work a wiphy_work instead. The callback already needs the wiphy mutex, and wiphy_work runs under that mutex. This lets teardown cancel pending autodisconnect work while holding the mutex, without a cancel_work_sync() vs. worker locking concern. Also cancel the wiphy work after list_del_rcu() and synchronize_net(). Any NETLINK_URELEASE notifier that had already reached the wdev list has then either queued the work and it is removed, or can no longer find the wdev.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-662 — Improper Synchronization
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23517673b1eecaec95e61dde285220d5a980cf3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c55590e4c69e0fd194df6d20bc35381c201d99e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4087a9ba4ece70297a4174afaa41c0b700302b65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ddd180bbee766cf7359473d623423ea9485d93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-55590
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-68404
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1334 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a < 23517673b1eecaec95e61dde285220d5a980cf3f ; affected bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a < c55590e4c69e0fd194df6d20bc35381c201d99e1 ; affected bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a < 4087a9ba4ece70297a4174afaa41c0b700302b65 ; affected bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a < c2ddd180bbee766cf7359473d623423ea9485d93 ; affected bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a < 6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79 ; affected bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a < 0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.11 ; unaffected 0 < 4.11 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.114 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.57 ≤ 6.18.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |