Bug 2513234 (CVE-2026-68404) - CVE-2026-68404 kernel: wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect
Summary: CVE-2026-68404 kernel: wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68404
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:26 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-14 21:22 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:83156 0 None None None 2026-10-14 21:22:51 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:26:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: use wiphy work for socket owner autodisconnect

nl80211_netlink_notify() walks the cfg80211 wireless device list when a
NETLINK_GENERIC socket is released. If the socket owns a connection, the
notifier queues the embedded wdev->disconnect_wk work item.

That work is a plain work_struct today. NETDEV_GOING_DOWN cancels it, but a
NETLINK_URELEASE notifier that already observed conn_owner_nlportid can
queue it after that cancel returns. _cfg80211_unregister_wdev() then
removes the wdev from the list and waits for RCU readers, but
synchronize_net() does not drain work queued by such a reader.

Make the autodisconnect work a wiphy_work instead. The callback already
needs the wiphy mutex, and wiphy_work runs under that mutex. This lets
teardown cancel pending autodisconnect work while holding the mutex,
without a cancel_work_sync() vs. worker locking concern.

Also cancel the wiphy work after list_del_rcu() and synchronize_net(). Any
NETLINK_URELEASE notifier that had already reached the wdev list has then
either queued the work and it is removed, or can no longer find the wdev.

Comment 5 Jon Orris 2026-10-14 21:22:49 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:83156 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:83156


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