In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix use-after-free bugs in mt7996_mac_dump_work() When the mt7996 pci chip is detaching, the mt7996_crash_data is released in mt7996_coredump_unregister(). However, the work item dump_work may still be running or pending, leading to UAF bugs when the already freed crash_data is dereferenced again in mt7996_mac_dump_work(). The race condition can occur as follows: CPU 0 (removal path) | CPU 1 (workqueue) mt7996_pci_remove() | mt7996_sys_recovery_set() mt7996_unregister_device() | mt7996_reset() mt7996_coredump_unregister() | queue_work() vfree(dev->coredump.crash_data) | mt7996_mac_dump_work() | crash_data-> // UAF Fix this by ensuring dump_work is properly canceled before the crash_data is deallocated. Add cancel_work_sync() in mt7996_unregister_device() to synchronize with any pending or executing dump work.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/180182a3f23ff79430a32ca2c4c1885368ceab48 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/188e10f9ea3109d23c6b7643aa6ec2f5cb0faa6d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa4a31cd89f4fde5043ac613fe0e27014a60a60b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f62f73bbced3a79894655bdb0b625462d956fc Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 5
- CwesCWE-416NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- StatusPublished → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- CVSS7.8 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- First seenunscored · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:41
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/180182a3f23ff79430a32ca2c4c1885368ceab48 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/188e10f9ea3109d23c6b7643aa6ec2f5cb0faa6d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/533b1a9fa0128c75e40dd2d2c38a32b4e660741f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa4a31cd89f4fde5043ac613fe0e27014a60a60b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f62f73bbced3a79894655bdb0b625462d956fc Patch