CVE-2026-46187

01/Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rsi: fix kthread lifetime race between self-exit and external-stop RSI driver use both self-exit(kthread_complete_and_exit) and external-stop (kthread_stop) when killing a kthread. Generally, kthread_stop() is called first, and in this case, no particular issues occur. However, in rare instances where kthread_complete_and_exit() is called first and then kthread_stop() is called, a UAF occurs because the kthread object, which has already exited and been freed, is accessed again. Therefore, to prevent this with minimal modification, you must remove kthread_stop() and change the code to wait until the self-exit operation is completed.

02/Affected products

linux: linux kernel

03/References9

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d9f674c619838bdeae42abc0929c9c5477ea1f Patch
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ac3095da22fc50e51ec10c3b8323c21ab3e441a Patch
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f4c9b13c485abd0a2d2c97f9db339d1dd8e147f Patch
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f697813162d5f9151726a6d2bee82bffe4b0256 Patch
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f9a4ae8d2c198f01611ea376034c326ef43ab56 Patch
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fcb436586dc3c2983537d557ac05bbc6a027f3 Patch
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dfe8a4458a063c6433526bc59112a169eee1aa3 Patch
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/db57a1aa54ff68669781976e4edb045e09e2b65b Patch
• cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html