CVE-2026-31548: wifi: cfg80211: cancel pmsr_free_wk in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: cancel pmsr_free_wk in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down When the nl80211 socket that originated a PMSR request is closed, cfg80211_release_pmsr() sets the request's nl_portid to zero and schedules pmsr_free_wk to process the abort asynchronously. If the interface is concurrently torn down before that work runs, cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down() calls cfg80211_pmsr_process_abort() directly. However, the already- scheduled pmsr_free_wk work item remains pending and may run after the interface has been removed from the driver. This could cause the driver's abort_pmsr callback to operate on a torn-down interface, leading to undefined behavior and potential crashes. Cancel pmsr_free_wk synchronously in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down() before calling cfg80211_pmsr_process_abort(). This ensures any pending or in-progress work is drained before interface teardown proceeds, preventing the work from invoking the driver abort callback after the interface is gone.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< 28d3551f8d8cb3aec7497894d94150fe84d20e5e (from 9bb7e0f24e7e7d00daa1219b14539e2e602649b2) · < 37e776e2e0a523731e2470dce6d563f0e8632a40 (from 9bb7e0f24e7e7d00daa1219b14539e2e602649b2) · < d32c07ef1880fe20cf4ab223dbfedc9c0b2816aa (from 9bb7e0f24e7e7d00daa1219b14539e2e602649b2) · < a1b7a843f12a0c3e9d3a2ca607ce451916ef42cf (from 9bb7e0f24e7e7d00daa1219b14539e2e602649b2) · < 72b7ea786b8e570ae11149e9089859a4a8634a13 (from 9bb7e0f24e7e7d00daa1219b14539e2e602649b2) · < 6dccbc9f3e1d38565dff7730d2b7d1e8b16c9b09 (from 9bb7e0f24e7e7d00daa1219b14539e2e602649b2)
- Linux / Linux5.0Fixed in 0, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H