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CVE-2026-23336

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CVE-2026-23336

Published: Mar 25, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister() There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found by syzkaller: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888112a78d98 by task kworker/0:5/5326 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5326 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events cfg80211_rfkill_block_work Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 print_report+0xcd/0x630 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 cfg80211_rfkill_block_work+0x1e/0x30 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 ret_from_fork+0x56d/0x700 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> The problem arises due to the rfkill_block work is not cancelled when wiphy is being unregistered. In order to fix the issue cancel the corresponding work in wiphy_unregister(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - < 82a35356b5c1f75fe6a8a561db44e8d0e49da8f9
affected
1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - < b2e9626a9d16b9bbbd06498c9e73c93be354dc7a
affected
1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - < eeea8da43ab86ac0a6b9cec225eec91564346940
affected
1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - < fa18639deab4a3662d543200c5bfc29bf4e23173
affected
1f87f7d3a3b42b20f34cb03f0fd1a41c3d0e27f3 - < 57e39fe8da573435fa35975f414f4dc17d9f8449

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
2.6.31
unaffected
0 - < 2.6.31
unaffected
5.10.253 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.203 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.1.167 - <= 6.1.*

+5 more versions

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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