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FKIE_CVE-2026-46180

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-28 10:16 - Updated: 2026-05-28 13:44

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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task Watchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what results in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task reference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to kthread_stop_put().

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/658d2e46c2e9a8eb9b80c5e803ce3c89885b3366
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908b92231e1ded53e43fcfad5e0704d83e1b803c
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c623b63580880cc742255eaed3d79804c1b91143
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16827cb1d3936f7627d0da6044483f743ebde03
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4168d1a50fef5be8eca947fbbf05a28507d265

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task\n\nWatchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what\nresults in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task\nreference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to\nkthread_stop_put()."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-46180",
  "lastModified": "2026-05-28T13:44:01.663",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-05-28T10:16:33.643",
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CVE-2026-46180 (GCVE-0-2026-46180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 09:36 – Updated: 2026-05-28 09:36

Title

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4168d1a50fef5be…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16827cb1d3936f76…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/658d2e46c2e9a8eb9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908b92231e1ded53e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c623b63580880cc74…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 , < ed4168d1a50fef5be8eca947fbbf05a28507d265 (git) Affected: a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 , < d16827cb1d3936f7627d0da6044483f743ebde03 (git) Affected: a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 , < 658d2e46c2e9a8eb9b80c5e803ce3c89885b3366 (git) Affected: a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 , < 908b92231e1ded53e43fcfad5e0704d83e1b803c (git) Affected: a9ffda88be7416b8336f644806c2b3ed3ce08b26 , < c623b63580880cc742255eaed3d79804c1b91143 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.3 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.88 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.30 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.7 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-46180 (GCVE-0-2026-46180)

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