CVE-2026-46187

wifi: rsi: fix kthread lifetime race between self-exit and external-stop

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 28, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
May 13, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rsi: fix kthread lifetime race between self-exit and external-stop

RSI driver use both self-exit(kthread_complete_and_exit) and external-stop (kthread_stop) when killing a kthread. Generally, kthread_stop() is called first, and in this case, no particular issues occur.

However, in rare instances where kthread_complete_and_exit() is called first and then kthread_stop() is called, a UAF occurs because the kthread object, which has already exited and been freed, is accessed again.

Therefore, to prevent this with minimal modification, you must remove kthread_stop() and change the code to wait until the self-exit operation is completed.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before 4ac3095da22fc50e51ec10c3b8323c21ab3e441aAffected
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before 9dfe8a4458a063c6433526bc59112a169eee1aa3Affected
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before 4f697813162d5f9151726a6d2bee82bffe4b0256Affected
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before 95fcb436586dc3c2983537d557ac05bbc6a027f3Affected
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before 16d9f674c619838bdeae42abc0929c9c5477ea1fAffected
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before 4f9a4ae8d2c198f01611ea376034c326ef43ab56Affected
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before 4f4c9b13c485abd0a2d2c97f9db339d1dd8e147fAffected
  • 4c62764d0fc21a34ffc44eec1210038c3a2e4473 to before db57a1aa54ff68669781976e4edb045e09e2b65bAffected
  • d8f70ad66032363e3edceee81a7be2aaccb2d7f5Affected
  • ec759c0015fb7d4f5c7cb5711d2c8905724c7983Affected
  • c8ed05b1d8520f40395916438da9b38ce937a896Affected
  • ad78e2e057ab8d914a2b5e3e6acf29c3c8a428a3Affected
  • de1fd69b6541ff61177114d63af7ea719c426cf0Affected
  • 3.18.139 to before 3.19Affected
  • 4.4.179 to before 4.5Affected
  • 4.9.170 to before 4.10Affected
  • 4.14.113 to before 4.15Affected
  • 4.19.36 to before 4.20Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.20Affected
  • before 4.20Not affected
  • 5.10.258 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.209 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.175 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.140 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.88 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.30 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.7 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

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