CVE-2026-23336High· 7.8▾ TwilightIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister() There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found by syzkaller: BUG: KASAN: use…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister()
There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found by syzkaller:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888112a78d98 by task kworker/0:5/5326 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5326 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events cfg80211_rfkill_block_work Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 print_report+0xcd/0x630 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 cfg80211_rfkill_block_work+0x1e/0x30 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 ret_from_fork+0x56d/0x700 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>
The problem arises due to the rfkill_block work is not cancelled when wiphy is being unregistered. In order to fix the issue cancel the corresponding work in wiphy_unregister().
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
linux_kernel >= 2.6.31.1, < 5.10.253linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.203linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.167linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.130linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.77linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.17linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.7linux_kernel = 2.6.31linux_kernel = 7.0Upgrade past the affected range:
linux_kernel 6.19.7Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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