CVE-2026-46180
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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().
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/658d2e46c2e9a8eb9b80c5e803ce3c89885b3366Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908b92231e1ded53e43fcfad5e0704d83e1b803cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21f735fb1017ef89c6f9dbf4d799513b4e7bd5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c623b63580880cc742255eaed3d79804c1b91143Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16827cb1d3936f7627d0da6044483f743ebde03Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d616bb10de79e5c2bd8a24230a1128aeaf715615
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df2e90d6a9955510f24f1dada78cfc439fd9fa88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4168d1a50fef5be8eca947fbbf05a28507d265Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.