CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93804

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the wifi mac80211 subsystem may experience a race during IBSS disconnect in ieee80211_ibss_disconnect() where a TX to the driver occurs after carrier off and after telling the driver to leave the IBSS. In the case of iwlwifi, this leads to an attempt to use invalid queues.

Risk Assessment

The race can cause driver errors and incorrect network interface behavior, leading to system instability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that moves netif_carrier_off() before sta_info_flush() and adds synchronize_net().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: ibss: wait for in-flight TX on disconnect While leaving an IBSS in ieee80211_ibss_disconnect() mac80211 flushes stations, turns the carrier off and immediately tells the driver to leave as well. While there may be synchronize_net() in station flush and in this code later, packets can still be transmitted due to cross-CPU race conditions after carrier off is set. Therefore, it's possible for a race to happen where a TX to the driver occurs while or after telling it to leave the IBSS. This can be confusing to drivers, and in the case of iwlwifi leads to an attempt to use invalid queues. Move netif_carrier_off() to occur before sta_info_flush() during IBSS disconnect, and add synchronize_net() if flushing didn't, so that the synchronize_net() always happens between turning the carrier off and telling the driver, avoiding this race.

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