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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98196

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmsmac: fix UAF in brcms_free_timer() brcms_free_timer() calls brcms_del...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmsmac: fix UAF in brcms_free_timer() brcms_free_timer() calls brcms_del_timer() which uses the non-synchronous cancel_delayed_work() to cancel the timer's underlying delayed work. If the work callback (_brcms_timer) is already running, cancel_delayed_work() returns false without waiting, and brcms_free_timer() proceeds to kfree(t) while the callback still accesses t through container_of(). Add an explicit cancel_delayed_work_sync() after brcms_del_timer() to guarantee that any in-flight callback has completed before the timer structure is freed.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.190-1"}]}]
Debian:13 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.12.113-1"}]}]
Debian:14 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.2.8-1"}]}]

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