CVE-2026-53097
Description
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.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 878161d5d4a469a6ef7f3fb4fe9f676bc508ee99 < 180182a3f23ff79430a32ca2c4c1885368ceab48, 878161d5d4a469a6ef7f3fb4fe9f676bc508ee99 < aa4a31cd89f4fde5043ac613fe0e27014a60a60b, 878161d5d4a469a6ef7f3fb4fe9f676bc508ee99 < 188e10f9ea3109d23c6b7643aa6ec2f5cb0faa6d, 878161d5d4a469a6ef7f3fb4fe9f676bc508ee99 < c8f62f73bbced3a79894655bdb0b625462d956fc |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.4, 0 < 6.4, 6.12.91 ≤ 6.12.*, 6.18.33 ≤ 6.18.* … |
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