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CVE-2026-74413 (GCVE-0-2026-74413)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:59 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:46
VLAI
Title
wifi: rtw89: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers rtw89 stores an ieee80211_hw pointer via pci_set_drvdata() at probe time, but io_error_detected() and io_resume() retrieve it as a net_device pointer. This causes netif_device_detach/attach to operate on an ieee80211_hw struct, reading and writing at wrong offsets. The adjacent io_slot_reset() already does it correctly. Use ieee80211_stop_queues/wake_queues instead, consistent with every other queue stop/start path in the driver. Tested on RTL8852CE by calling the handlers from a test module before and after the fix.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 16e3d93c6183649a3b210f82b83c1cb12aa5e8a3 , < aefc30e4a829c1683f6ae999df7f9310c27eae6c (git)
Affected: 16e3d93c6183649a3b210f82b83c1cb12aa5e8a3 , < c1907b9a4fa9cb33d11a9af138374dd2e93f7a93 (git)
Affected: 16e3d93c6183649a3b210f82b83c1cb12aa5e8a3 , < 7068c379cf9aa8afe4dce4d9d82390187aa9c4d0 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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