CVE-2026-89523 (GCVE-0-2026-89523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:44 – Updated: 2026-10-19 08:48
VLAI
Title
wifi: mt76: mt7925: cancel pending mlo_pm_work
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: cancel pending mlo_pm_work If the device is reset, suspended or unregistered within that window, the pending work can still run and access vif/bss data that may already be freed, or send MCU commands while the firmware is not available. Add cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->mlo_pm_work) in all relevant teardown and suspend paths: - mt7925_mac_reset_work() (chip reset recovery) - mt7925e_unregister_device() (PCIe unbind) - mt7925_pci_suspend() (PCIe bus suspend) - mt7925_suspend() (mac80211 suspend) - mt7925u_suspend() (USB bus / runtime suspend) This ensures the work is stopped before the device state becomes invalid.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6639 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 276a568832577c81ec90b62dc506bbdc3781ca46 , < 5be6d02837d418bc6c805b5cab1b338de6de9ca7 (git)
Affected: 276a568832577c81ec90b62dc506bbdc3781ca46 , < c5e073f2fbfd34d22099a50d96f60990799753e2 (git)
Affected: 276a568832577c81ec90b62dc506bbdc3781ca46 , < 2889e84282dda147f10b10d94cf0efd90a349c53 (git)
Affected: 74eb79258bfd5f2ffe6d26a09c898992b2afa1ce (git)
Affected: 6.14.3 , < 6.15 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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