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CVE-2024-26895: wifi: wilc1000: prevent use-after-free on vif when cleaning up all interfaces

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 24228dcf1d30c2231caa332be7d3090ac59fbfe9, 3da9d32b7f4a1a9f7e4bb15bb82f2b2dd6719447, 5956f4203b6cdd0755bbdd21b45f3933c7026208.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 24228dcf1d30c2231caa332be7d3090ac59fbfe9, 3da9d32b7f4a1a9f7e4bb15bb82f2b2dd6719447, 5956f4203b6cdd0755bbdd21b45f3933c7026208 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: prevent use-after-free on vif when cleaning up all interfaces wilc_netdev_cleanup currently triggers a KASAN warning, which can be observed on interface registration error path, or simply by removing the module/unbinding device from driver: echo spi0.1 > /sys/bus/spi/drivers/wilc1000_spi/unbind ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in wilc_netdev_cleanup+0x508/0x5cc Read of size 4 at addr c54d1ce8 by task sh/86 CPU: 0 PID: 86 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.8.0-rc1+ #117 Hardware name: Atmel SAMA5 unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x58 dump_stack_lvl from print_report+0x154/0x500 print_report from kasan_report+0xac/0xd8 kasan_report from wilc_netdev_cleanup+0x508/0x5cc wilc_netdev_cleanup from wilc_bus_remove+0xc8/0xec wilc_bus_remove from spi_remove+0x8c/0xac spi_remove from device_release_driver_internal+0x434/0x5f8 device_release_driver_internal from unbind_store+0xbc/0x108 unbind_store from kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x398/0x584 kernfs_fop_write_iter from vfs_write+0x728/0xf88 vfs_write from ksys_write+0x110/0x1e4 ksys_write from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c [...] Allocated by task 1: kasan_save_track+0x30/0x5c __kasan_kmalloc+0x8c/0x94 __kmalloc_node+0x1cc/0x3e4 kvmalloc_node+0x48/0x180 alloc_netdev_mqs+0x68/0x11dc alloc_etherdev_mqs+0x28/0x34 wilc_netdev_ifc_init+0x34/0x8ec wilc_cfg80211_init+0x690/0x910 wilc_bus_probe+0xe0/0x4a0 spi_probe+0x158/0x1b0 really_probe+0x270/0xdf4 __driver_probe_device+0x1dc/0x580 driver_probe_device+0x60/0x140 __driver_attach+0x228/0x5d4 bus_for_each_dev+0x13c/0x1a8 bus_add_driver+0x2a0/0x608 driver_register+0x24c/0x578 do_one_initcall+0x180/0x310 kernel_init_freeable+0x424/0x484 kernel_init+0x20/0x148 ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28 Freed by task 86: kasan_save_track+0x30/0x5c kasan_save_free_info+0x38/0x58 __kasan_slab_free+0xe4/0x140 kfree+0xb0/0x238 device_release+0xc0/0x2a8 kobject_put+0x1d4/0x46c netdev_run_todo+0x8fc/0x11d0 wilc_netdev_cleanup+0x1e4/0x5cc wilc_bus_remove+0xc8/0xec spi_remove+0x8c/0xac device_release_driver_internal+0x434/0x5f8 unbind_store+0xbc/0x108 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x398/0x584 vfs_write+0x728/0xf88 ksys_write+0x110/0x1e4 ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c [...] David Mosberger-Tan initial investigation [1] showed that this use-after-free is due to netdevice unregistration during vif list traversal. When unregistering a net device, since the needs_free_netdev has been set to true during registration, the netdevice object is also freed, and as a consequence, the corresponding vif object too, since it is attached to it as private netdevice data. The next occurrence of the loop then tries to access freed vif pointer to the list to move forward in the list. Fix this use-after-free thanks to two mechanisms: - navigate in the list with list_for_each_entry_safe, which allows to safely modify the list as we go through each element. For each element, remove it from the list with list_del_rcu - make sure to wait for RCU grace period end after each vif removal to make sure it is safe to free the corresponding vif too (through unregister_netdev) Since we are in a RCU "modifier" path (not a "reader" path), and because such path is expected not to be concurrent to any other modifier (we are using the vif_mutex lock), we do not need to use RCU list API, that's why we can benefit from list_for_each_entry_safe. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/ab077dbe58b1ea5de0a3b2ca21f275a07af967d2.camel@egauge.net/

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 17, 2024
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 14th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.8
CNA · Linux
7.8
agree

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux10.0
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.153
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.83
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.214
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.7.11
  • linux linux kernel6.8 and later · before 6.8.2
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.23

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.5affected
    • 8399918f3056e1033f0f4c08eab437fb38d6f22d and later · before 5956f4203b6cdd0755bbdd21b45f3933c7026208affected · git
    • 8399918f3056e1033f0f4c08eab437fb38d6f22d and later · before fe20e3d56bc911408fc3c27a17c59e9d7885f7d1affected · git
    • 8399918f3056e1033f0f4c08eab437fb38d6f22d and later · before a9545af2a533739ffb64d6c9a6fec6f13e2b505faffected · git
    • 8399918f3056e1033f0f4c08eab437fb38d6f22d and later · before 3da9d32b7f4a1a9f7e4bb15bb82f2b2dd6719447affected · git
    • 8399918f3056e1033f0f4c08eab437fb38d6f22d and later · before 24228dcf1d30c2231caa332be7d3090ac59fbfe9affected · git
    • 8399918f3056e1033f0f4c08eab437fb38d6f22d and later · before 73a2aa0aef86c2c07be5a2f42c9e6047e1a2f7bbaffected · git
    • 8399918f3056e1033f0f4c08eab437fb38d6f22d and later · before cb5942b77c05d54310a0420cac12935e9b6aa21caffected · git
    • before 5.5not affected · semver
    • 5.10.214 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.85-16.1.85-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.7.12-16.7.12-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-26891Apr 17, 2024 · iommu/vt-d: Don't issue ATS Invalidation request when device is disconnected
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-26894Apr 17, 2024 · ACPI: processor_idle: Fix memory leak in acpi_processor_power_exit()
    24Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-26897Apr 17, 2024 · wifi: ath9k: delay all of ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() until init is complete
    18Monitor

Remediation

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux24228dcf1d30c2231caa332be7d3090ac59fbfe9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3da9d32b7f4a1a9f7e4bb15bb82f2b2dd6719447Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5956f4203b6cdd0755bbdd21b45f3933c7026208Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux73a2aa0aef86c2c07be5a2f42c9e6047e1a2f7bbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa9545af2a533739ffb64d6c9a6fec6f13e2b505fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxcb5942b77c05d54310a0420cac12935e9b6aa21cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxfe20e3d56bc911408fc3c27a17c59e9d7885f7d1Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.85-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-416 class

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Vulnerable

c
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);

Fixed

c
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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