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CVE-2026-46180

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-05-28 Modified: 2026-06-19

Description

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-416

References