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CVE-2026-97599

ieee802154: hwsim: serialize pib updates to fix double-free PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: hwsim: serialize pib updates to fix double-free hwsim_update_pib() does an unserialized read-swap-free of phy->pib: pib_old = rtnl_dereference(phy->pib); ... rcu_assign_pointer(phy->pib, pib); kfree_rcu(pib_old, rcu); It assumes the RTNL is held, but ->set_channel is not always called under it: the mac802154 scan worker changes channels via drv_set_channel() without the RTNL. Such an update can race an RTNL-held one on the same phy; both read the same pib_old and both kfree_rcu() it, double-freeing the object. With SLUB percpu sheaves batching kfree_rcu(), this surfaces as a KASAN invalid-free in rcu_free_sheaf(). struct hwsim_phy has no lock for pib. Add one and make the swap atomic with rcu_replace_pointer() under it, dropping the misleading rtnl_dereference().

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected f25da51fdc381ca2863248c7060b3662632f0872 before e3b4681197aa026bd2d79358de5a3d62b76b04b9; affected f25da51fdc381ca2863248c7060b3662632f0872 before 9973b3a67a7592a780ea12b08334539a900deec1; affected f25da51fdc381ca2863248c7060b3662632f0872 before d3b8f264ce09573aededd0a97dc41c8147797d8f; affected f25da51fdc381ca2863248c7060b3662632f0872 before db6442deecb1f13aeaf4f9d77746ea7555630fb3; affected f25da51fdc381ca2863248c7060b3662632f0872 before 979d5b8de8ed4e1f997aef12da5694b99be7b871
Linux / Linuxaffected 4.19; unaffected 0 before 4.19; unaffected 6.6.158 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.111 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.53 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.7 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

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