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unauthenticated peer near an ath11k AP already serving a 5 GHz DFS channel.\nUI:N - Once the radio is up with DFS phyerr offload enabled (ath11k_mac_op_start), firmware radar indications are handled automatically with no victim action such as mounting a device or opening a file.\nS:U - The potential use-after-free corrupts ath11k/mac80211 state inside the host kernel authority only and does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - Missing rcu_read_lock around ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() allows use of RCU-protected pdev/ar state after deactivation/teardown; per guidance, that UAF enables heap reuse and arbitrary kernel disclosure.\nI:H - The same UAF of sprayable ath11k/ieee80211 state while the handler still calls into ieee80211_radar_detected(ar->hw) yields write and control-flow primitives characteristic of exploitable kernel UAFs.\nA:H - Concurrent use of a deactivated or freed ar/hw after synchronize_rcu without a matching read-side critical section can oops/panic the 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