wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix use-after-free from rx_urb_wq on stop (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix use-after-free from rx_urb_wq on stop rtl8xxxu arms rx_urb_wq from the RX completion path: rtl8xxxu_rx_complete() hands the URB to rtl8xxxu_queue_rx_urb(), which queues it on rx_urb_pending_list and, once the list grows past RTL8XXXU_RX_URB_PENDING_WATER, schedules rx_urb_wq. The worker rtl8xxxu_rx_urb_work() drains rx_urb_pending_list, recovers priv through container_of, and resubmits each URB through rtl8xxxu_submit_rx_urb(), which anchors it on rx_anchor and dereferences priv->udev. rtl8xxxu_stop() cancels the sibling work items (c2hcmd_work, ra_watchdog, update_beacon_work) but never cancels rx_urb_wq, so a worker armed during the last burst of RX traffic can run rtl8xxxu_rx_urb_work() after rtl8xxxu_disconnect() has called ieee80211_free_hw(), which frees priv, producing a use-after-free. The window opens under active RX traffic (pending count above the watermark) followed by a disconnect. There are two teardown races to close: * rtl8xxxu_queue_rx_urb() decided whether to enqueue under rx_urb_lock but called schedule_work() after dropping the lock. A completion that observed shutdown == false and released the lock could then call schedule_work() after rtl8xxxu_stop() had set shutdown and cancel_work_sync() had already returned, arming the worker to run after the teardown. Move schedule_work() under the same !shutdown branch so the arming decision is atomic with the shutdown check. * rtl8xxxu_rx_urb_work() anchors every URB it drained back onto rx_anchor through rtl8xxxu_submit_rx_urb(). A worker still running when usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&priv->rx_anchor) returned would submit a URB that escaped the kill. In rtl8xxxu_stop(), call cancel_work_sync(&priv->rx_urb_wq) before the kill so the worker is drained first. After priv->shutdown is set under rx_urb_lock, completions can no longer queue rx_urb_wq. cancel_work_sync() then drains the last queued or running worker, and the following usb_kill_anchored_urbs() kills the URBs it may have submitted. rtl8xxxu_disconnect() is covered because ieee80211_unregister_hw() guarantees .stop() runs for a live interface before ieee80211_free_hw() frees priv. The probe error path needs no cancel: rx_urb_wq is INIT_WORK()'d there but cannot have been scheduled, since no URB is submitted before ieee80211_register_hw() succeeds. This bug was found by static analysis.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75e7e19e9218e3b895e652f04acf08113dc3aa00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da1678cca182567fd84618b689f4424f3f55f712
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e6bbb0abc2ae22e6e4d184250075e5c9e090d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17d5ae58973122eea7625a87cd3d80a8beb23b47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800d2b490a9af1e7132a3564c2ad5a81292e5b40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/620acb1e8037b73a457dc8ef20fc23fc7adcb405
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/972ab8b9c08f3eb3fa535082de2950dd93604dfd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c080026ecc17eecb103f8927c64ea73a74bb818
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-2026-76270
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-80947
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa < 75e7e19e9218e3b895e652f04acf08113dc3aa00 ; affected 26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa < da1678cca182567fd84618b689f4424f3f55f712 ; affected 26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa < 06e6bbb0abc2ae22e6e4d184250075e5c9e090d6 ; affected 26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa < 17d5ae58973122eea7625a87cd3d80a8beb23b47 ; affected 26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa < 800d2b490a9af1e7132a3564c2ad5a81292e5b40 ; affected 26f1fad29ad973b0fb26a9ca3dcb2a73dde781aa < 620acb1e8037b73a457dc8ef20fc23fc7adcb405 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.4 ; unaffected 0 < 4.4 ; unaffected 5.10.273 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.224 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* |
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 |