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CVE-2026-68152 (GCVE-0-2026-68152)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 11:59 – Updated: 2026-08-10 11:59

Title

amt: fix use-after-free in AMT delayed works

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amt: fix use-after-free in AMT delayed works When an AMT device is removed, pending delayed works can still access the freed amt_dev structure, which may result in kernel crashes or memory corruption. amt_dev_stop() cancels req_wq and discovery_wq with cancel_delayed_work_sync(), but these works can be scheduled again from event_wq after the cancellation. This allows delayed works to access the freed amt_dev structure after the netdev has been released. The following is a simple race scenario: CPU0 CPU1 amt_dev_stop() cancel_delayed_work_sync() amt_event_work() mod_delayed_work(req_wq) free netdev req_wq accesses freed amt_dev Use disable_delayed_work_sync() in amt_dev_stop() to prevent req_wq and discovery_wq from being queued again and wait for running work items to complete. The delayed works are disabled after initialization in amt_newlink() and enabled only when the device is successfully opened. This keeps the delayed work lifecycle synchronized with the lifetime of the AMT device.

Severity

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Assigner

Linux

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a46bfa01e01df0f6f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a644db2cf59f164c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006340cf06881b6ff…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea20c44935d6142da…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 , < a46bfa01e01df0f6f6dc4b0be18db002d6d2dbd2 (git) Affected: cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 , < 1a644db2cf59f164cdf3c75995bab5aadc097528 (git) Affected: cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 , < 006340cf06881b6ff49767d8b6f3c4f7b892670c (git) Affected: cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 , < ea20c44935d6142daecfa9b39d635033a7553e1b (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.16 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2-rc5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-3V9R-4X9W-8C55

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:33

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

amt: fix use-after-free in AMT delayed works

When an AMT device is removed, pending delayed works can still access the freed amt_dev structure, which may result in kernel crashes or memory corruption.

amt_dev_stop() cancels req_wq and discovery_wq with cancel_delayed_work_sync(), but these works can be scheduled again from event_wq after the cancellation. This allows delayed works to access the freed amt_dev structure after the netdev has been released.

The following is a simple race scenario:

CPU0 CPU1

amt_dev_stop() cancel_delayed_work_sync() amt_event_work() mod_delayed_work(req_wq) free netdev req_wq accesses freed amt_dev

Use disable_delayed_work_sync() in amt_dev_stop() to prevent req_wq and discovery_wq from being queued again and wait for running work items to complete.

The delayed works are disabled after initialization in amt_newlink() and enabled only when the device is successfully opened. This keeps the delayed work lifecycle synchronized with the lifetime of the AMT device.

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  ],
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  "id": "GHSA-3v9r-4x9w-8c55",
  "modified": "2026-08-10T15:33:38Z",
  "published": "2026-08-10T15:33:38Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68152"
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CVE-2026-68152 (GCVE-0-2026-68152)

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