Bug 2555101 (CVE-2026-98699) - CVE-2026-98699 kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
Summary: CVE-2026-98699 kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98699
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:54 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-22 05:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:54:29 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF

mesh_fast_tx_cache() stores raw mesh_path pointers. Path deletion
flushes the cache and then frees the path with kfree_rcu(), but a
lookup that already holds the path can insert a new cache entry
after the flush. The cache then points at freed memory.

Set MESH_PATH_DELETED before flushing, and skip inserting a cache
entry if the path or MPP path is already deleted. Check this under
the cache walk lock so it is ordered with the flush. Use WRITE_ONCE()
for the deletion flag updates because the cache check reads flags
without taking state_lock.


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