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GHSA-X5CV-7H6W-46HM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-03 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-03 15:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: wlcore: Fix a locking bug

Make sure that wl->mutex is locked before it is unlocked. This has been detected by the Clang thread-safety analyzer.

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  "id": "GHSA-x5cv-7h6w-46hm",
  "modified": "2026-04-03T15:30:31Z",
  "published": "2026-04-03T15:30:31Z",
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CVE-2026-23420 (GCVE-0-2026-23420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 13:24 – Updated: 2026-04-03 13:24

Title

wifi: wlcore: Fix a locking bug

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wlcore: Fix a locking bug Make sure that wl->mutex is locked before it is unlocked. This has been detected by the Clang thread-safety analyzer.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ab511003c5ae3bf5…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aca4c9e4901b01b8b…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5feeea59ed142e15c…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcef983ad88832f3a…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a1c28a08d74716f3…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c6df8f284b3a498…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 45aa7f071b06c8481afed4c7b93e07c9584741e8 , < 7ab511003c5ae3bf5364d7699a2e3ab1db513680 (git)
Affected: 45aa7f071b06c8481afed4c7b93e07c9584741e8 , < aca4c9e4901b01b8b985993dc7df80bd1d1338bd (git)
Affected: 45aa7f071b06c8481afed4c7b93e07c9584741e8 , < 5feeea59ed142e15c3284d0b1a364c6786bf3487 (git)
Affected: 45aa7f071b06c8481afed4c7b93e07c9584741e8 , < fcef983ad88832f3aa83491a174c345de57afbbd (git)
Affected: 45aa7f071b06c8481afed4c7b93e07c9584741e8 , < 1a1c28a08d74716f3f8e3a21c86b30d0ff13521a (git)
Affected: 45aa7f071b06c8481afed4c7b93e07c9584741e8 , < 72c6df8f284b3a49812ce2ac136727ace70acc7c (git)

Linux

Affected: 4.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.167 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.130 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.77 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.17 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.7 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-X5CV-7H6W-46HM

CVE-2026-23420 (GCVE-0-2026-23420)

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