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high7.8

CVE-2026-46180

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task Watchdog tas…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.3 before 6.6.140
from 6.7 before 6.12.88
from 6.13 before 6.18.30
from 6.19 before 7.0.7
Version 7.1

Weakness classification

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