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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-68414" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-10T12:04:34.459Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T21:09:09.201Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68414" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68414.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68414" title: "wifi: cfg80211: cancel sched scan results work on unregister" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: cancel sched scan results work on unregister\n\ncfg80211_sched_scan_results() can queue rdev-\u003esched_scan_res_wk from a\ndriver result notification while a scheduled scan request is present. The\nwork callback recovers the containing cfg80211_registered_device and then\nlocks the wiphy and walks the scheduled-scan request list.\n\nwiphy_unregister() already makes the wiphy unreachable and drains rdev work\nitems before cfg80211_dev_free() can release the object, but it does not\ndrain sched_scan_res_wk. A queued or running result work item can therefore\ncross the unregister/free boundary and access freed rdev state.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order\nwithin that path:\n\nscheduled-scan result path: unregister/free path:\n1. cfg80211_sched_scan_results() 1. interface teardown stops and\n queues rdev-\u003esched_scan_res_wk. removes the scheduled scan request.\n2. cfg80211_wq starts the work 2. wiphy_unregister() drains other\n item and recovers rdev. rdev work items.\n3. The worker locks rdev-\u003ewiphy 3. cfg80211_dev_free() destroys and\n and walks rdev state. frees rdev.\n\nCancel sched_scan_res_wk in wiphy_unregister() alongside the other rdev\nwork items. cancel_work_sync() removes a pending result notification and\nwaits for an already running callback, so cfg80211_dev_free() cannot free\nrdev while this work item is still active.\n\nValidation reproduced this kernel report:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530\nWorkqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk [cfg80211]\nRead of size 8\nCall trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0\n print_report+0xce/0x630\n cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530\n srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n __virt_addr_valid+0x224/0x430\n kasan_report+0xac/0xe0\n lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xea/0x1a0\n process_one_work+0x8d0/0x18f0 (kernel/workqueue.c:3212)\n lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100\n worker_thread+0x5ad/0xfd0\n __kthread_parkme+0xc6/0x200\n kthread+0x31e/0x410\n trace_hardirqs_on+0x1a/0x170\n ret_from_fork+0x576/0x810\n __switch_to+0x57e/0xe20\n __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x70\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c0fa1f3a4b021a5c6373169fd6c9bb4261d676a0"},{"version":"807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b51b42b974461fd0f688baad85f10e2b8ab215c5"},{"version":"807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3368457b4871ae8f0f88d19c9a3e6270e850ede6"},{"version":"807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"308ffdf575560d7e7b8b21f1e3ca6276630f73bf"},{"version":"807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9293574ac208d18c11073538851fb69355beb3b5"},{"version":"807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b119c70b24776c8ab2a2c0515397b3b0ad4e66cd"},{"version":"807f8a8c300435d5483e8d78df9dcdbc27333166","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"edf0730be33696a1bd142792830d392129e495cc"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.0"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.148","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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