wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task
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().
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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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().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/658d2e46c2e9a8eb9b80c5e803ce3c89885b3366
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908b92231e1ded53e43fcfad5e0704d83e1b803c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21f735fb1017ef89c6f9dbf4d799513b4e7bd5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c623b63580880cc742255eaed3d79804c1b91143
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16827cb1d3936f7627d0da6044483f743ebde03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d616bb10de79e5c2bd8a24230a1128aeaf715615
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df2e90d6a9955510f24f1dada78cfc439fd9fa88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4168d1a50fef5be8eca947fbbf05a28507d265
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46180.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46180