CVE-2026-68404
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect nl80211_netlink_notify() walks the cfg80211 wireless device list when a NETLINK_GENERIC socket is released. If the socket owns a connection, the notifier queues the embedded wdev->disconnect_wk work item. That work is a plain work_struct today. NETDEV_GOING_DOWN cancels it, but a NETLINK_URELEASE notifier that already observed conn_owner_nlportid can queue it after that cancel returns. _cfg80211_unregister_wdev() then removes the wdev from the list and waits for RCU readers, but synchronize_net() does not drain work queued by such a reader. Make the autodisconnect work a wiphy_work instead. The callback already needs the wiphy mutex, and wiphy_work runs under that mutex. This lets teardown cancel pending autodisconnect work while holding the mutex, without a cancel_work_sync() vs. worker locking concern. Also cancel the wiphy work after list_del_rcu() and synchronize_net(). Any NETLINK_URELEASE notifier that had already reached the wdev list has then either queued the work and it is removed, or can no longer find the wdev.
How to fix
- Linux Linux23517673b1eecaec95e61dde285220d5a980cf3f, c55590e4c69e0fd194df6d20bc35381c201d99e1, 4087a9ba4ece70297a4174afaa41c0b700302b65, c2ddd180bbee766cf7359473d623423ea9485d93, 6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79, 0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a ≤ v < 23517673b1eecaec95e61dde285220d5a980cf3f, bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a ≤ v < c55590e4c69e0fd194df6d20bc35381c201d99e1, bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a ≤ v < 4087a9ba4ece70297a4174afaa41c0b700302b65, bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a ≤ v < c2ddd180bbee766cf7359473d623423ea9485d93, bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a ≤ v < 6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79, bd2522b168847106c1885f0319a2833bdf88bf9a ≤ v < 0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583, 4.11 | 23517673b1eecaec95e61dde285220d5a980cf3f, c55590e4c69e0fd194df6d20bc35381c201d99e1, 4087a9ba4ece70297a4174afaa41c0b700302b65, c2ddd180bbee766cf7359473d623423ea9485d93, 6d6123fef5a4af175cc6b6b12a03dd0f3c240b79, 0c2ed186bbe14304415476d6707b747dddcd8583 |
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