wifi: rtw88: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers rtw88 stores an ieee80211_hw pointer via pci_set_drvdata() at probe time, but io_error_detected() and io_resume() retrieve it as a net_device pointer. This causes netif_device_detach/attach to operate on an ieee80211_hw struct, reading and writing at wrong offsets. Use ieee80211_stop_queues/wake_queues instead, consistent with every other queue stop/start path in the driver.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-74412
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 06:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: rtw88: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Aug 2026, 05:59 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers rtw88 stores an ieee80211_hw pointer via pci_set_drvdata() at probe time, but io_error_detected() and io_resume() retrieve it as a net_device pointer. This causes netif_device_detach/attach to operate on an ieee80211_hw struct, reading and writing at wrong offsets. Use ieee80211_stop_queues/wake_queues instead, consistent with every other queue stop/start path in the driver.
osv:CVE-2026-74412
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.18.40, 7.1.5
Complete source record
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