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CVE-2026-68408

wifi: cfg80211: convert pmsr_free_wk to wiphy_work to fix deadlock

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: convert pmsr_free_wk to wiphy_work to fix deadlock

When a netlink socket that owns a PMSR session is closed,
cfg80211_release_pmsr() clears the request's nl_portid and queues
pmsr_free_wk to call cfg80211_pmsr_process_abort() asynchronously.

If the interface tears down concurrently, cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down()
is called under wiphy_lock and calls cancel_work_sync(&pmsr_free_wk)
to wait for any running work. The work function acquires wiphy_lock
via guard(wiphy) before calling process_abort.

This is a deadlock: wdev_down holds wiphy_lock and blocks inside
cancel_work_sync(); pmsr_free_wk blocks trying to acquire that same
wiphy_lock. Neither thread can proceed.

The same deadlock is reachable from cfg80211_leave_locked(), which
calls cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down() for all interface types under
wiphy_lock.

Fix this by converting pmsr_free_wk from a plain work_struct to a
wiphy_work. The wiphy_work dispatcher holds wiphy_lock when running
work items, so the explicit guard(wiphy) in the work function is no
longer needed. wiphy_work_cancel() can be called safely while holding
wiphy_lock - since wiphy_lock prevents the work from running
concurrently, wiphy_work_cancel() never blocks, eliminating the
deadlock.

Remove the cancel_work_sync() for pmsr_free_wk from the
NETDEV_GOING_DOWN handler. cfg80211_leave(), called unconditionally
just before it, already cancels any pending work under wiphy_lock
via wiphy_work_cancel() inside cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down().
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Version d32c07ef1880fe20cf4ab223dbfedc9c0b2816aa
Version < 21512b5f7a74fd18c996c22e6854efe57d570816
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Version a1b7a843f12a0c3e9d3a2ca607ce451916ef42cf
Version < 133684982dd0c24359fcc641d19d89cc17d6e5ef
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Version 6dccbc9f3e1d38565dff7730d2b7d1e8b16c9b09
Version < 0a77d9fb4d5c0e01306cd406ffdee8f1fe955c0e
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Version 6dccbc9f3e1d38565dff7730d2b7d1e8b16c9b09
Version < 2b0eab425e1f658d8fe1df7590e3b9af5959505e
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Version 28d3551f8d8cb3aec7497894d94150fe84d20e5e
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Version 37e776e2e0a523731e2470dce6d563f0e8632a40
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Version 72b7ea786b8e570ae11149e9089859a4a8634a13
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Version 6.12.78
Version < 6.12.101
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Version 6.18.20
Version < 6.18.42
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Version 6.1.167
Version < 6.2
Status affected
Version 6.6.130
Version < 6.7
Status affected
Version 6.19.10
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Status affected
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Version 7.0
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 7.0
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Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.101
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Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.42
Status unaffected
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Version 7.1.6
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Version <= *
Version 7.2
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21512b5f7a74fd18c996c22e6854efe57d570816
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/133684982dd0c24359fcc641d19d89cc17d6e5ef
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a77d9fb4d5c0e01306cd406ffdee8f1fe955c0e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b0eab425e1f658d8fe1df7590e3b9af5959505e