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CVE-2026-46180

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task

EPSS 0.1%
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task Watchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what results in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task reference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to kthread_stop_put().
Affected products
Linux · Linux

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