CVE-2026-68198 PUBLISHED

wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()

The aggr_reset_state() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous) for the aggregation timer before proceeding to delete TID state and before the structure is freed by callers like aggr_module_destroy().

If the timer callback (aggr_timeout) is executing when aggr_reset_state() is called, the callback will continue to access aggr_conn fields like rx_tid[] and stat[] which may be freed immediately after by kfree(aggr_info->aggr_conn) in aggr_module_destroy().

Additionally, the timer callback can re-arm itself via mod_timer() while aggr_reset_state() is running, creating a more complex race condition.

Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback has completed before returning.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to 64af6534a085f49d6ed33338a19ab9cf0d0523c9 (excl.)
  • affected from bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to b5d618fd61b9069b4c0a6b487022dd3117ad5acc (excl.)
  • affected from bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to 18965470d41e69d3fc10eb62afae29d10f4cdfd1 (excl.)
  • affected from bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to a3313111b5d9046af60b370c93eec105b27380c1 (excl.)
  • affected from bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4 to ba7debb4dd6427386862220e8335a53a4bfc235d (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.2 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.2 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.151 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.103 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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