Tracker / CVE-2026-46180
CVE-2026-46180
High 7.8
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().
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.3 → 6.6.140 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.30 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 7.0.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.88 |
Analysis
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