CVE-2026-68198

wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026

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Description

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

wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()

The aggr_reset_state() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous) for the aggregation timer before proceeding to delete TID state and before the structure is freed by callers like aggr_module_destroy().

If the timer callback (aggr_timeout) is executing when aggr_reset_state() is called, the callback will continue to access aggr_conn fields like rx_tid[] and stat[] which may be freed immediately after by kfree(aggr_info->aggr_conn) in aggr_module_destroy().

Additionally, the timer callback can re-arm itself via mod_timer() while aggr_reset_state() is running, creating a more complex race condition.

Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback has completed before returning.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before a1bac650b2d6b1baab1f3e78e2e007a6e2948ddeAffected
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before 2132a6db05846dd2318857d00e0c1291f9e41b29Affected
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before 17ff29cd8dbc977c97788a5f7c011ec807b58242Affected
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before 64af6534a085f49d6ed33338a19ab9cf0d0523c9Affected
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before b5d618fd61b9069b4c0a6b487022dd3117ad5accAffected
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before 18965470d41e69d3fc10eb62afae29d10f4cdfd1Affected
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before a3313111b5d9046af60b370c93eec105b27380c1Affected
  • bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to before ba7debb4dd6427386862220e8335a53a4bfc235dAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.2Affected
  • before 3.2Not affected
  • 5.10.266 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.217 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.184 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.151 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.103 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.42 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.6 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

References

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