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CVE-2026-90356

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: free vif links after clearing wcid entries on full reset mt7996_mac_reset_vif_iter() queues non-default vif links for kfree_rcu while dev->wcid[] still holds pointers to the wcid embedded in each freed link; mt76_reset_device() then dereferences those entries and runs mt76_wcid_cleanup() on them. If a grace period elapses in between, the cleanup operates on freed memory. Run mt76_reset_device() first, so the wcid entries are cleaned up and cleared while the links are still valid.

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-17 17:17:34.480000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:19:29.593000
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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-90356",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:34.480",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:29.593",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: free vif links after clearing wcid entries on full reset\n\nmt7996_mac_reset_vif_iter() queues non-default vif links for kfree_rcu\nwhile dev->wcid[] still holds pointers to the wcid embedded in each\nfreed link; mt76_reset_device() then dereferences those entries and\nruns mt76_wcid_cleanup() on them. If a grace period elapses in between,\nthe cleanup operates on freed memory.\n\nRun mt76_reset_device() first, so the wcid entries are cleaned up and\ncleared while the links are still valid."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
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      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "0",
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            },
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              "version": "7.2.6",
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            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b10eb3636d0c4cb6b763e045ec1294dbd70f5ad",
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}