wifi: brcmfmac: initialize SDIO data work before cleanup
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: initialize SDIO data work before cleanup brcmf_sdio_probe() stores the newly allocated bus in sdiodev->bus before allocating the ordered workqueue. If that allocation fails, the function jumps to fail and calls brcmf_sdio_remove(). brcmf_sdio_remove() unconditionally cancels bus->datawork. Initialize the work item before the first failure path that can reach brcmf_sdio_remove(), so the cleanup path always observes a valid work object. This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual review of the probe error path and the remove-time work drain. The problem pattern is an early setup failure that reaches a cleanup helper which cancels an embedded work item before its initializer has run. A QEMU PoC forced alloc_ordered_workqueue() to fail at the same point in brcmf_sdio_probe(), before INIT_WORK(&bus->datawork) is reached. The resulting fail path calls brcmf_sdio_remove(), and DEBUG_OBJECTS reports the invalid work drain with brcmf_sdio_probe() and brcmf_sdio_remove() in the stack.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68403
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2jx9-wxwh-fv4q
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/860887d22890417d43ef8298f0cc4865e29b54de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a4be91e5bb032b34cb3c962f6d4f82e7ef09364
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb12c87ae855346321af72e57a93c146205f1090
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f50a2b9e57a751e70ae9a272875d80d39eaccd6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd21ec8549a5854dd64204a66289952917a924c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c342437ea44bb829680ca9e4f683dd5b325b219
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c73c3fc1c7ca5a927639f0884624cb244ba791e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a665946e0407a05a3f81bd56a08553c446498e0
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68403 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68403 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2jx9-wxwh-fv4q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68403 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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