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Linux Kernel Wi-Fi subsystem Vulnerability Rated 8.8 CVSS

Last refreshed2026-10-15

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-90380

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-90380
CVSS Score / Version
8.8 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-10-15
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Prose
attack vector is adjacent; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected products
Linux Kernel
Exploitation prediction (EPSS)
0.31% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (22% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model.

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
LinuxLinux Kernel
SubsystemsOT Supporting Infrastructure
SectorsAll Sectors

What to Know

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

wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix use-after-free in mt76_rx_poll_complete

A use-after-free issue occurs in mt76_rx_poll_complete due to a race

condition. The STA has already been removed, but the rx_status still

had a pointer to the wcid in the STA.

Set the links' wcid pointers to be NULL for a MLD in

mt7925_sta_pre_rcu_remove()

BUG: KASAN: invalid-access in mt76_rx_poll_complete+0x280/0x470

Call trace:

dump_backtrace+0xec/0x128

show_stack+0x18/0x28

dump_stack_lvl+0x40/0xc8

print_report+0x1b8/0x710

kasan_report+0xe0/0x144

do_bad_area+0x120/0x260

do_tag_check_fault+0x20/0x34

do_mem_abort+0x54/0xa8

el1_abort+0x3c/0x5c

el1h_64_sync_handler+0x40/0xcc

el1h_64_sync+0x7c/0x80

mt76_rx_poll_complete+0x280/0x470

mt76_dma_rx_poll+0x114/0x51c

mt792x_poll_rx+0x60/0xf8

napi_threaded_poll_loop+0xe0/0x450

napi_threaded_poll+0x80/0x9c

kthread+0x11c/0x158

ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90380
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90380
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