| Release Date: | 2026-09-17 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: avoid NULL skb in stop queue drain mac80211_hwsim_stop() drops any frames left in data->pending. The loop currently checks skb_queue_empty() and then dequeues separately. That split is racy with TX status handling, which can remove a pending frame under the queue lock. If the last entry is removed after the empty check, skb_dequeue() returns NULL and the stop path passes that NULL skb to ieee80211_free_txskb(). Use skb_dequeue() as the loop condition instead. The dequeue result is the object that stop owns and frees, and a concurrent status completion that empties the queue simply makes the loop terminate.
See more information about CVE-2026-93149 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 2.3 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | High |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Low |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-500374 | 2026-10-07 |
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