{"id":"CVE-2026-53100","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53100","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:21:12.931Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: fix deadlock in remain-on-channel mt76_remain_on_channel() and mt76_roc_complete() call mt76_set_channel() while already holding dev->mutex.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: fix deadlock in remain-on-channel\n\nmt76_remain_on_channel() and mt76_roc_complete() call mt76_set_channel()\nwhile already holding dev->mutex. Since mt76_set_channel() also acquires\ndev->mutex, this results in a deadlock.\n\nUse __mt76_set_channel() instead of mt76_set_channel().\nAdd cancel_delayed_work_sync() for mac_work before acquiring the mutex\nin mt76_remain_on_channel() to prevent a secondary deadlock with the\nmac_work workqueue.","published":"2026-06-24T17:17:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-21T18:21:02.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-667"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00124,"percentile":0.02089,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fc8c5d45e44575dda9fcabdc2aac4ad97baf0cd","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6939b97ddad3cf3dfbb3b5a0a12ef79cb886747e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a89c245d203aa0ed5ff2d68ac05b48b2ef9fa3f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53100","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}