CVE-2026-46180
7.8 HIGHIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping wat...
Published: 2026-05-28 · Last updated: 2026-06-11
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-416
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task Watchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what results in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task reference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to kthread_stop_put().
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46180
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/658d2e46c2e9a8eb9b80c5e803ce3c89885b3366
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908b92231e1ded53e43fcfad5e0704d83e1b803c
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c623b63580880cc742255eaed3d79804c1b91143
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16827cb1d3936f7627d0da6044483f743ebde03
- [Patch]https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4168d1a50fef5be8eca947fbbf05a28507d265
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