{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-68404", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-07-30T09:28:09.390Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-10T12:04:24.241Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:04:54.332Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:04:54.332Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect\n\nnl80211_netlink_notify() walks the cfg80211 wireless device list when a\nNETLINK_GENERIC socket is released. If the socket owns a connection, the\nnotifier queues the embedded wdev->disconnect_wk work item.\n\nThat work is a plain work_struct today. NETDEV_GOING_DOWN cancels it, but a\nNETLINK_URELEASE notifier that already observed conn_owner_nlportid can\nqueue it after that cancel returns. _cfg80211_unregister_wdev() then\nremoves the wdev from the list and waits for RCU readers, but\nsynchronize_net() does not drain work queued by such a reader.\n\nMake the autodisconnect work a wiphy_work instead. The callback already\nneeds the wiphy mutex, and wiphy_work runs under that mutex. This lets\nteardown cancel pending autodisconnect work while holding the mutex,\nwithout a cancel_work_sync() vs. worker locking concern.\n\nAlso cancel the wiphy work after list_del_rcu() and synchronize_net(). Any\nNETLINK_URELEASE notifier that had already reached the wdev list has then\neither queued the work and it is removed, or can no longer find the wdev." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerability is reached through local nl80211/generic-netlink operations: setting NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER on a connect/join command, closing the owning netlink socket, and tearing down the wireless interface. No network or radio traffic is required, so the attack vector is Local.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race — the NETLINK_URELEASE notification (by closing its own socket) and the wdev teardown (by downing/deleting the interface) — and can repeat the sequence in a tight loop until the work is queued after the cancel window.\nPR:L - The relevant nl80211 commands use GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM and the family is netnsok, and mac80211_hwsim's HWSIM_CMD_NEW_RADIO likewise creates a wiphy in the caller's netns (wiphy_net_set(genl_info_net(info))), so an unprivileged user in a user+net namespace (unshare -Urn) obtains the required CAP_NET_ADMIN.\nUI:N - The entire sequence — creating/owning the connection, closing the socket, and removing the interface — is performed by the attacker's own process with no victim action required.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts kernel heap memory within the same kernel security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The freed wireless_dev lives in the net_device private allocation; a use-after-free on that slab lets an attacker reclaim and inspect kernel heap contents, and cfg80211_autodisconnect_wk dereferences the stale object, enabling disclosure of arbitrary kernel memory.\nI:H - Queueing writes work list pointers into freed memory, and process_one_work() later loads work->func from the reclaimed allocation, giving an attacker who sprays the slab a controlled kernel function pointer call and thus arbitrary write/code execution.\nA:H - Running cfg80211_autodisconnect_wk against a freed wireless_dev dereferences stale pointers and drives disconnect paths on destroyed state, reliably producing an oops or panic even without successful exploitation." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/net/cfg80211.h", "net/wireless/core.c", "net/wireless/core.h", "net/wireless/nl80211.c", "net/wireless/sme.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a", "lessThan": "6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a", "lessThan": "0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/net/cfg80211.h", "net/wireless/core.c", "net/wireless/core.h", "net/wireless/nl80211.c", "net/wireless/sme.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.11", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583" } ], "title": "wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }