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CVE-2026-68363— wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: don't dereference hif_dev after re-arming firmware request

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ath9k_hif_request_firmware函数在重新请求固件后仍解引用hif_dev指针，可能导致释放后重用。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.18% · P8

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1203 · Exploitation for Client Execution

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< 47ed81aaa7f94d9808f4719e78a760c2ec1e6c86 affected
e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< 48de0c6952192b0771fca468df4364d11ec74ad9 affected
e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< 063497cc9f320ab71a7a937c3bc0a23e630aefe2 affected
e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< 7f184ca38a90889f3f6665ff96748b95da39dbee affected
e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< 10b0ce629123a3737b4eda50188f73bb7be7b68b affected
e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< 48a69cedde7388294e4ea6fd804156cd62bc04fc affected
e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< 7c9046d92c4b9789c9d9d775e4fd5f34be64cb0a affected
e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc< dad9f96945d77ecd4708f730c06ef54dcd8cc057 affected
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Vulnerability Title
wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: don't dereference hif_dev after re-arming firmware request
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: don't dereference hif_dev after re-arming firmware request ath9k_hif_request_firmware() re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via request_firmware_nowait(), passing hif_dev as the completion context, and then still dereferences hif_dev: dev_info(&hif_dev->udev->dev, "ath9k_htc: Firmware %s requested\n", hif_dev->fw_name); The re-armed callback ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb() runs on the "events" workqueue and, when the firmware is missing, walks the retry chain into ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail() -> complete_all(&hif_dev->fw_done). That releases the wait_for_completion(&hif_dev->fw_done) in a concurrent ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect(), which then kfree()s hif_dev. The trailing dev_info() in the frame that re-armed the request can therefore read freed memory (hif_dev->udev, the first field of struct hif_device_usb): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ath9k_hif_request_firmware Read of size 8 ... by task kworker/... ath9k_hif_request_firmware ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1247 request_firmware_work_func Allocated by ...: ath9k_hif_usb_probe drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c Freed by ...: ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect -> kfree drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c The fw_done barrier only makes disconnect wait for the firmware chain to *terminate*; it does not protect the outer ath9k_hif_request_firmware() frame that re-armed the request and keeps touching hif_dev afterwards. Drop the post-request dev_info(): it is the only use of hif_dev after the async request is armed, and it is purely informational (the dev_err() on the failure path runs only when request_firmware_nowait() did not arm a callback, so hif_dev is still alive there). This was first reported by syzbot as a single, non-reproduced crash that was later auto-obsoleted, and was independently rediscovered by the reFuzz fuzzer, which produced a C reproducer (USB-gadget connect/disconnect of an ath9k_htc device whose firmware download fails). The vulnerable code is unchanged and still present in v7.1-rc6, where the slab-use-after-free reproduces under KASAN once the (sub-microsecond) race window is widened.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ath9k_hif_request_firmware函数在重新请求固件后仍解引用hif_dev指针，可能导致释放后重用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux e904cf6fe23022cde4e0ea9d41601411a315a3dc ~ 47ed81aaa7f94d9808f4719e78a760c2ec1e6c86 -
Linux Linux 4.4 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-68363 (6)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-10 · 344 CVEs total

CVE-2026-68117 9.8 CRITICAL tipc: clear sock->sk on the failed-insert path in tipc_sk_create()
CVE-2026-68161 9.8 CRITICAL sctp: close UDP tunnel sockets during netns teardown
CVE-2026-68160 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: fix pre-auth out-of-bounds read on snaptrace in ceph_handle_caps()
CVE-2026-68123 9.8 CRITICAL openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow
CVE-2026-68302 9.8 CRITICAL amt: re-read skb header pointers after every pull
CVE-2026-68381 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: pin conn during async oplock break notification
CVE-2026-68385 9.8 CRITICAL s390/checksum: Fix csum_partial() without vector facility
CVE-2026-68159 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: bound pg_{temp,upmap,upmap_items} length to CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE
CVE-2026-68127 9.8 CRITICAL ila: reload IPv6 header after pskb_may_pull in checksum adjust
CVE-2026-68388 9.8 CRITICAL smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate
CVE-2026-68144 9.8 CRITICAL phonet: pep: fix use-after-free in pep_get_sb()
CVE-2026-68137 9.8 CRITICAL net/x25: fix use-after-free in x25_kill_by_neigh()
CVE-2026-68136 9.8 CRITICAL net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
CVE-2026-68170 9.8 CRITICAL mptcp: fix stale skb->sk reference on subflow close
CVE-2026-68426 9.8 CRITICAL xfrm: fix stale skb->prev after async crypto steals a GSO segment
CVE-2026-68156 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: refresh auth->authorizer_buf{,_len} after authorizer update
CVE-2026-68158 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: Fix multiplication overflow in decode_new_up_state_weight()
CVE-2026-68300 9.8 CRITICAL sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL
CVE-2026-68154 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: reject zero bucket types in crush_decode
CVE-2026-68124 9.6 CRITICAL mctp: serial: handle zero-length frames to prevent rx buffer overflow

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