{"cve":"CVE-2026-98192","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-06T09:18:04.537","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:25.300","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: wcn36xx: Fix potential use-after-free in TX ack timer teardown\n\nwcn36xx_dxe_deinit() tears down the TX ack timer with timer_delete(),\nwhich only dequeues the timer and does not wait for a callback that is\nalready executing; the preceding free_irq() calls synchronize the\ninterrupt handlers only. The callback, wcn36xx_dxe_tx_timer(), can\ntherefore be running past the teardown and use the wcn freed along\nwith the ieee80211_hw in wcn36xx_remove(): it takes wcn->dxe_lock,\nreads wcn->tx_ack_skb and passes wcn->hw to\nieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe().\n\nFix this by using timer_shutdown_sync(), which waits for a running\ncallback and also prevents the timer from being rearmed again. The\ntimer is set up again by wcn36xx_dxe_init() on the next start, so the\nstart/stop cycle is unaffected.\n\nThis issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15e59e377facc87ce82228279d88efaa89fdbca5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bddc5d088cf430ecd913020472f1def32a36a3d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3edabc965bcce49cbb2ec1c2b91f8a555a8ec8bd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0df0878e9110909cf0bec6080d72d36401a0c89","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9be5e75530772fc31637070d51e5717d6aeaa2a"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98192","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.06048,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}