Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() reads RX status through IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), which aliases the same skb->cb storage that ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() reuses as IEEE80211_TX_INFO. In the unicast forward path, mesh_data does: info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(fwd_skb); memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info)); on the same skb the caller still names via rx->skb, then either queues the skb for TX (success) or kfree_skb()'s it (no-route) before returning RX_QUEUED. The caller's RX_QUEUED arm then calls sta_stats_encode_rate(status) on memory that is either zeroed (success path) or freed (no-route path). The latter is KASAN slab-use-after-free in ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle. Fix by encoding the rate from status before invoking ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(), so the RX_QUEUED arm consumes a value captured while status was still backed by valid memory.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fb64f94f9afb774f2fa0c7835727d7a67f89f07 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d71c841be5d9e586ee7f36c0dc8ed4db0d9a1349 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd37e746e98ab0baa6d8b812955220775b080d6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe97797412aa8bc0184f78379fafb594bcb7f66
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2650f8461cd8ba287fee2992b36abe733c2bd5e
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 19 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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