CVE-2026-46069
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mwifiex: fix use-after-free in mwifiex_adapter_cleanup()
The mwifiex_adapter_cleanup() function uses timer_delete() (non-synchronous) for the wakeup_timer before the adapter structure is freed. This is incorrect because timer_delete() does not wait for any running timer callback to complete.
If the wakeup_timer callback (wakeup_timer_fn) is executing when mwifiex_adapter_cleanup() is called, the callback will continue to access adapter fields (adapter->hw_status, adapter->if_ops.card_reset, etc.) which may be freed by mwifiex_free_adapter() called later in the mwifiex_remove_card() path.
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Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback has completed before returning.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.17%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 6
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution75 %
Vulnerabilidad de use-after-free (CWE-416) en kernel Linux con acceso local (AV:L) y privilegios de usuario (PR:L). Permite ejecución de código mediante corrupción de memoria al liberar campos activos del adaptador durante callback de temporizador.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-416
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/030abbae49cf9fd1fba7aa08e15ec81efbeb78cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11869ce402d95519d49b25a2a97741f68d69d103
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1958a92599b2653d730ccb6f5685fc3fbed21812
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e179a60a60c0a5aea245e8e67768343c0f070b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63fe3389b3e092d6c0eeea9fc0318e7918b16618
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88f5391dc68f78cae5eb6a8cd341cafee795d3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5e95d4157481693be2317e3ffcd84e36010cbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3508895450cca4aeaf5dbadbb5e582363005264
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