CVE-2026-23281
Essential information
- Published
- 25/03/2026 11:16
- Modified
- 25/03/2026 15:41
- Author
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- Creator
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- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: libertas: fix use-after-free in lbs_free_adapter()
The lbs_free_adapter() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous)
for both command_timer and tx_lockup_timer before the structure is
freed. This is incorrect because timer_delete() does not wait for
any running timer callback to complete.
If a timer callback is executing when lbs_free_adapter() is called,
the callback will access freed memory since lbs_cfg_free() frees the
containing structure immediately after lbs_free_adapter() returns.
Both timer callbacks (lbs_cmd_timeout_handler and lbs_tx_lockup_handler)
access priv->driver_lock, priv->cur_cmd, priv->dev, and other fields,
which would all be use-after-free violations.
Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback
has completed before returning.
This bug was introduced in commit 8f641d93c38a ("libertas: detect TX
lockups and reset hardware") where del_timer() was used instead of
del_timer_sync() in the cleanup path. The command_timer has had the
same issue since the driver was first written.
NVD status
- Status
- Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| linux / linux kernel | cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux / libertas | cpe:2.3:a:linux:libertas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |