CVE-2026-97492
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't call ieee80211_handle_reconfig_failure when not needed In case reconfiguration of NAN fails, we call ieee80211_handle_reconfig_failure, that marks all interfaces as not in the driver. Then, at the error path of the reconfig, cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces is called to destroy all the interfaces. If we have any other interface but the NAN one, for example a BSS station, then when its state (links, stations) will be removed, we won't tell the driver about this, because we will think that the interfaces are not in the driver, and then drivers might remain with dangling pointers to objects like stations and links (at least for iwlwifi this is the case). ieee80211_handle_reconfig_failure is meant to be called after we cleaned up the state in the driver, there is no reason to call it for NAN reconfiguration failure. Fix the code to just warn in such a case, as we do in other error paths in reconfig where it is too complicated to rewind.
At a glance
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: not scored yet.
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Received
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/026637b864b16dfae238e7e1accded820a3d7ae8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60b96e44489d6775fe9cd8df619c29e0dc285c49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ef85dd9f8c62c9a465a32901d09475a114e67bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb64029457cdcd77be546daf4c7c7cf04891857
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a8a3ff2815501f78f494808355ddf37e08647d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2ea99884793c0a8d940073c3dddbb887590718f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f27a5bda84ff3b0fea3de7572ff48e518e66cf5d