{"id":"CVE-2026-68414","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-68414","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:14:55.950Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: cancel sched scan results work on unregister\n\ncfg80211_sched_scan_results() can queue rdev->sched_scan_res_wk from a\ndriver result notification while a scheduled scan request is present. The\nwork callback recovers the containing cfg80211_registered_device and then\nlocks the wiphy and walks the scheduled-scan request list.\n\nwiphy_unregister() already makes the wiphy unreachable and drains rdev work\nitems before cfg80211_dev_free() can release the object, but it does not\ndrain sched_scan_res_wk. A queued or running result work item can therefore\ncross the unregister/free boundary and access freed rdev state.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order\nwithin that path:\n\nscheduled-scan result path:        unregister/free path:\n1. cfg80211_sched_scan_results()   1. interface teardown stops and\n   queues rdev->sched_scan_res_wk.    removes the scheduled scan request.\n2. cfg80211_wq starts the work     2. wiphy_unregister() drains other\n   item and recovers rdev.            rdev work items.\n3. The worker locks rdev->wiphy    3. cfg80211_dev_free() destroys and\n   and walks rdev state.              frees rdev.\n\nCancel sched_scan_res_wk in wiphy_unregister() alongside the other rdev\nwork items. cancel_work_sync() removes a pending result notification and\nwaits for an already running callback, so cfg80211_dev_free() cannot free\nrdev while this work item is still active.\n\nValidation reproduced this kernel report:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530\nWorkqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk [cfg80211]\nRead of size 8\nCall trace:\n  dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0\n  print_report+0xce/0x630\n  cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530\n  srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  __virt_addr_valid+0x224/0x430\n  kasan_report+0xac/0xe0\n  lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xea/0x1a0\n  process_one_work+0x8d0/0x18f0 (kernel/workqueue.c:3212)\n  lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100\n  worker_thread+0x5ad/0xfd0\n  __kthread_parkme+0xc6/0x200\n  kthread+0x31e/0x410\n  trace_hardirqs_on+0x1a/0x170\n  ret_from_fork+0x576/0x810\n  __switch_to+0x57e/0xe20\n  __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x70\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30","published":"2026-08-10T13:20:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T22:17:18.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00231,"percentile":0.13774,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/308ffdf575560d7e7b8b21f1e3ca6276630f73bf","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3368457b4871ae8f0f88d19c9a3e6270e850ede6","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9293574ac208d18c11073538851fb69355beb3b5","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b119c70b24776c8ab2a2c0515397b3b0ad4e66cd","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b51b42b974461fd0f688baad85f10e2b8ab215c5","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0fa1f3a4b021a5c6373169fd6c9bb4261d676a0","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf0730be33696a1bd142792830d392129e495cc","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68414","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."}