wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
mesh_fast_tx_cache() stores raw mesh_path pointers. Path deletion
flushes the cache and then frees the path with kfree_rcu(), but a
lookup that already holds the path can insert a new cache entry
after the flush. The cache then points at freed memory.
Set MESH_PATH_DELETED before flushing, and skip inserting a cache
entry if the path or MPP path is already deleted. Check this under
the cache walk lock so it is ordered with the flush. Use WRITE_ONCE()
for the deletion flag updates because the cache check reads flags
without taking state_lock.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF mesh_fast_tx_cache() stores raw mesh_path pointers. Path deletion flushes the cache and then frees the path with kfree_rcu(), but a lookup that already holds the path can insert a new cache entry after the flush. The cache then points at freed memory. Set MESH_PATH_DELETED before flushing, and skip inserting a cache entry if the path or MPP path is already deleted. Check this under the cache walk lock so it is ordered with the flush. Use WRITE_ONCE() for the deletion flag updates because the cache check reads flags without taking state_lock. | |
| Title | wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:46:29.245Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.365Z
Link: CVE-2026-98699
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:23.390
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:23.390
Link: CVE-2026-98699
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