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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2026· Updated Apr 27, 2026

CVE-2026-31548

CVE-2026-31548

Description

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

wifi: cfg80211: cancel pmsr_free_wk in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down

When the nl80211 socket that originated a PMSR request is closed, cfg80211_release_pmsr() sets the request's nl_portid to zero and schedules pmsr_free_wk to process the abort asynchronously. If the interface is concurrently torn down before that work runs, cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down() calls cfg80211_pmsr_process_abort() directly. However, the already- scheduled pmsr_free_wk work item remains pending and may run after the interface has been removed from the driver. This could cause the driver's abort_pmsr callback to operate on a torn-down interface, leading to undefined behavior and potential crashes.

Cancel pmsr_free_wk synchronously in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down() before calling cfg80211_pmsr_process_abort(). This ensures any pending or in-progress work is drained before interface teardown proceeds, preventing the work from invoking the driver abort callback after the interface is gone.

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  • Linux/Kernel9 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.0.1,<6.1.167
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

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