CVE-2026-53112 (GCVE-0-2026-53112)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 16:30 – Updated: 2026-06-24 16:30
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Title
wifi: rtlwifi: pci: fix possible use-after-free caused by unfinished irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtlwifi: pci: fix possible use-after-free caused by unfinished irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet The irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is initialized in rtl_pci_init() and scheduled when RTL_IMR_BCNINT interrupt is triggered by hardware. But it is never killed in rtl_pci_deinit(). When the rtlwifi card probe fails or is being detached, the ieee80211_hw is deallocated. However, irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet may still be running or pending, leading to use-after-free when the freed ieee80211_hw is accessed in _rtl_pci_prepare_bcn_tasklet(). Similar to irq_tasklet, add tasklet_kill() in rtl_pci_deinit() to ensure that irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is properly terminated before the ieee80211_hw is released. The issue was identified through static analysis.
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Linux Linux Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < ae10d4a1ab6bcaa1336abb171908a9a365761d3e (git)
Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < fac1079e0fdec6df6d7562c21941587236dc3def (git)
Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < e40873820c9d245ce482faa7ad514ebdb3b8d23d (git)
Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < 008c456b76e9070979bc0e763897a5d3b0fdd4dc (git)
Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < 7731b67bd59d1284d150cbe40a47e95a10613234 (git)
Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < aa10a452e34810987fb9f4a047995b30003fb53f (git)
Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < 3c0e8a3179e6325a7dc6ce221aef0e03d854ab4b (git)
Affected: 0c8173385e549f95cd80c3fff5aab87b4f881d8d , < 039cd522dc70151da13329a5e3ae19b1736f468a (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.38
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.38 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.258 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.209 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.175 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.141 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.91 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.33 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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