CVE-2026-68414
Received
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Use-After-Free in Linux Kernel cfg80211
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-68414, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-08-10
Last updated on: 2026-10-19
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: cfg80211: cancel sched scan results work on unregister
cfg80211_sched_scan_results() can queue rdev->sched_scan_res_wk from a
driver result notification while a scheduled scan request is present. The
work callback recovers the containing cfg80211_registered_device and then
locks the wiphy and walks the scheduled-scan request list.
wiphy_unregister() already makes the wiphy unreachable and drains rdev work
items before cfg80211_dev_free() can release the object, but it does not
drain sched_scan_res_wk. A queued or running result work item can therefore
cross the unregister/free boundary and access freed rdev state.
The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order
within that path:
scheduled-scan result path: unregister/free path:
1. cfg80211_sched_scan_results() 1. interface teardown stops and
queues rdev->sched_scan_res_wk. removes the scheduled scan request.
2. cfg80211_wq starts the work 2. wiphy_unregister() drains other
item and recovers rdev. rdev work items.
3. The worker locks rdev->wiphy 3. cfg80211_dev_free() destroys and
and walks rdev state. frees rdev.
Cancel sched_scan_res_wk in wiphy_unregister() alongside the other rdev
work items. cancel_work_sync() removes a pending result notification and
waits for an already running callback, so cfg80211_dev_free() cannot free
rdev while this work item is still active.
Validation reproduced this kernel report:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530
Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk [cfg80211]
Read of size 8
Call trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0
print_report+0xce/0x630
cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530
srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
__virt_addr_valid+0x224/0x430
kasan_report+0xac/0xe0
lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xea/0x1a0
process_one_work+0x8d0/0x18f0 (kernel/workqueue.c:3212)
lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100
worker_thread+0x5ad/0xfd0
__kthread_parkme+0xc6/0x200
kthread+0x31e/0x410
trace_hardirqs_on+0x1a/0x170
ret_from_fork+0x576/0x810
__switch_to+0x57e/0xe20
__switch_to_asm+0x33/0x70
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-416 | The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. |
