CVE-2026-23336

HIGH

wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister() There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found by syzkaller: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888112a78d98 by task kworker/0:5/5326 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5326 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events cfg80211_rfkill_block_work Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 print_report+0xcd/0x630 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 cfg80211_rfkill_block_work+0x1e/0x30 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 ret_from_fork+0x56d/0x700 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> The problem arises due to the rfkill_block work is not cancelled when wiphy is being unregistered. In order to fix the issue cancel the corresponding work in wiphy_unregister(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 3.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.31 - 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.17linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.31
Linux/Linux 1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - 57e39fe8da573435fa35975f414f4dc17d9f8449
Linux/Linux 1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - 584279ad9ff1e8e7c5494b9fce286201f7d1f9e2
Linux/Linux 1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - 767d23ade706d5fa51c36168e92a9c5533c351a1
Linux/Linux 1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - 82a35356b5c1f75fe6a8a561db44e8d0e49da8f9
... and 17 more
Published Mar 25, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 25, 2026