{"cve":"CVE-2026-53098","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-24T17:17:24.027","modified":"2026-09-14T12:17:43.233","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7915: fix use-after-free bugs in mt7915_mac_dump_work()\n\nWhen the mt7915 pci chip is detaching, the mt7915_crash_data is\nreleased in mt7915_coredump_unregister(). However, the work item\ndump_work may still be running or pending, leading to UAF bugs\nwhen the already freed crash_data is dereferenced again in\nmt7915_mac_dump_work().\n\nThe race condition can occur as follows:\n\nCPU 0 (removal path)               | CPU 1 (workqueue)\nmt7915_pci_remove()                | mt7915_sys_recovery_set()\n mt7915_unregister_device()        |  mt7915_reset()\n  mt7915_coredump_unregister()     |   queue_work()\n   vfree(dev->coredump.crash_data) | mt7915_mac_dump_work()\n                                   |  crash_data-> // UAF\n\nFix this by ensuring dump_work is properly canceled before\nthe crash_data is deallocated. Add cancel_work_sync() in\nmt7915_unregister_device() to synchronize with any pending\nor executing dump work.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1146d0946b5358fad24812bd39d68f31cd40cc34","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21ce6d867867645fff0ef657be18f61d9f39dcd8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55159f1fa30bef03e01af469823c1de103a4a884","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b7cbb13c838cf2a5f2e7be0e96fe15250087939","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5202409467d621b6d1dfd7fc7dadb997fe66d2"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:41:17.107060303+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53098","score":0.00171,"percentile":0.06458,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}