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CVE-2026-46180

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CVE-2026-46180

Published: May 28, 2026

Modified: May 28, 2026

PUBLISHED

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().

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 - < ed4168d1a50fef5be8eca947fbbf05a28507d265
affected
a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 - < d16827cb1d3936f7627d0da6044483f743ebde03
affected
a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 - < 658d2e46c2e9a8eb9b80c5e803ce3c89885b3366
affected
a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 - < 908b92231e1ded53e43fcfad5e0704d83e1b803c
affected
a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 - < c623b63580880cc742255eaed3d79804c1b91143

Linux

Linux

affected
3.3
unaffected
0 - < 3.3
unaffected
6.6.140 - <= 6.6.*
unaffected
6.12.88 - <= 6.12.*
unaffected
6.18.30 - <= 6.18.*

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