Advisory [CVE-2026-53097] fix use-after-free bugs in mt7996_mac_dump_work
This security Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-53097.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix use-after-free bugs in mt7996_mac_dump_work() When the mt7996 pci chip is detaching, the mt7996_crash_data is released in mt7996_coredump_unregister().
However, the work item dump_work may still be running or pending, leading to UAF bugs when the already freed crash_data is dereferenced again in mt7996_mac_dump_work().
The race condition can occur as follows: CPU 0 (removal path) | CPU 1 (workqueue) mt7996_pci_remove() | mt7996_sys_recovery_set() mt7996_unregister_device() | mt7996_reset() mt7996_coredump_unregister() | queue_work() vfree(dev->coredump.crash_data) | mt7996_mac_dump_work() | crash_data-> // UAF Fix this by ensuring dump_work is properly canceled before the crash_data is deallocated.
Add cancel_work_sync() in mt7996_unregister_device() to synchronize with any pending or executing dump work. A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the mt7996_mac_dump_work() function due to a race condition during the detachment of the mt7996 PCI chip.
This can occur when mt7996_crash_data is released while a related work item is still active, leading to the dereferencing of freed memory. This flaw could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Red Hat severity: not rated. Weakness: CWE-364.
Affected versions
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Mitigation
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