wifi: mac80211: tear down new links on vif update error path

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-64574
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-05 08:16:37 UTC
Updated2026-08-05 08:16:37 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: tear down new links on vif update error path When ieee80211_vif_update_links() adds new links it allocates a link container for each and calls ieee80211_link_init() (which registers the per-link debugfs files with file->private_data pointing into the container) and ieee80211_link_setup(). If the subsequent drv_change_vif_links() fails, the error path restores the old pointers and jumps to 'free', which frees the new containers but never removes their debugfs entries or stops the links. The debugfs files survive with file->private_data dangling at the freed container, so a later open()+read() (e.g. link-1/txpower) dereferences freed memory in ieee80211_if_read_link(), a use-after-free. The removal path already dismantles links correctly via ieee80211_tear_down_links(), which removes each link's keys and debugfs entries and calls ieee80211_link_stop(); the add path on the error branch does not. Commit be1ba9ed221f ("wifi: mac80211: avoid weird state in error path") hardened this same error path for the link-removal case (new_links == 0) but left the newly-added links' teardown unaddressed. drv_change_vif_links() can fail at runtime on MLO drivers (internal allocation / queue / firmware command failures). Remove the new links' debugfs entries and stop them before freeing. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ieee80211_if_read_link (net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c:127) Read of size 8 at addr ffff888011290000 by task exploit/145 Call Trace: ... ieee80211_if_read_link (net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c:127) short_proxy_read (fs/debugfs/file.c:373) vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:572) ksys_read (fs/read_write.c:716) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) ... Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000a RIP: 0010:ieee80211_if_read_link (net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c:127) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 170cd6a66d9a164180eb4dc72d50afa6ce1ce566 329589417214d3b7221432e5b266ed2bba7ff674 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 170cd6a66d9a164180eb4dc72d50afa6ce1ce566 c57d97f381306bbfba174e8f708419e007824e0c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 170cd6a66d9a164180eb4dc72d50afa6ce1ce566 0f7eaeb950adb77f71beb546e5ab30f90b41fe6f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 170cd6a66d9a164180eb4dc72d50afa6ce1ce566 901a73523e093beff123b54b1ceaf3113f18acc9 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 170cd6a66d9a164180eb4dc72d50afa6ce1ce566 952c02b33f56207a160421bcd61e7ac53c9c59ae git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.4 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.4 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.148 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.101 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.42 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1.6 7.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2-rc5 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/329589417214d3b7221432e5b266ed2bba7ff674 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/901a73523e093beff123b54b1ceaf3113f18acc9 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f7eaeb950adb77f71beb546e5ab30f90b41fe6f 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57d97f381306bbfba174e8f708419e007824e0c 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/952c02b33f56207a160421bcd61e7ac53c9c59ae 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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