CVE-2026-31548
wifi: cfg80211: cancel pmsr_free_wk in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Apr 24, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 9, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28d3551f8d8cb3aec7497894d94150fe84d20e5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37e776e2e0a523731e2470dce6d563f0e8632a40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d32c07ef1880fe20cf4ab223dbfedc9c0b2816aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1b7a843f12a0c3e9d3a2ca607ce451916ef42cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b7ea786b8e570ae11149e9089859a4a8634a13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dccbc9f3e1d38565dff7730d2b7d1e8b16c9b09
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