CVE-2026-97600 PUBLISHED

ieee802154: cc2520: fix FIFOP work use-after-free

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 24.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

ieee802154: cc2520: fix FIFOP work use-after-free

The FIFOP interrupt handler queues cc2520_fifop_irqwork. On removal, cc2520_remove() only flushes the work. The devm-managed FIFOP IRQ remains active until after ->remove() returns and can queue the work again after that flush, allowing it to run after the private data is released.

Disable the work with disable_work_sync() instead of flushing it, so the handler can no longer queue it once removal begins. Destroy the buffer mutex last, since the worker and the stop callback invoked through ieee802154_unregister_hw() both take it.

Found by an in-house static analysis tool.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0da6bc8cc3417a5e452efb886ff2c61e72b743d6 to 56a9919d8494fb118eebf167bef0622528fbf2e7 (excl.)
  • affected from 0da6bc8cc3417a5e452efb886ff2c61e72b743d6 to c68fd52c73b676aee67020011e98fea125a978f4 (excl.)
  • affected from 0da6bc8cc3417a5e452efb886ff2c61e72b743d6 to 890a80d516a1447db5c21bf92841a82914ea897d (excl.)
  • affected from 0da6bc8cc3417a5e452efb886ff2c61e72b743d6 to ff5891b266a7fc6a062710836be84f1cc19338b5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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