CVE-2026-46180EPSS p3.2%
CVE-2026-46180CVE-2026-46180
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task
Watchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what
results in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task
reference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to
kthread_stop_put().
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.13% probability of exploitation · percentile 3.2% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Last modified | 2026-06-11 |
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