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mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion Queue wake, stop, and disable paths walk local->interfaces under RCU. The bulk hardware teardown path removes entries with list_del(), so an asynchronous transmit completion can follow a poisoned list node in ieee802154_wake_queue(). Use list_del_rcu() as in the single-interface removal path. The following unregister_netdevice() waits for in-flight RCU readers before freeing the netdevice, so no separate grace-period wait is needed.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 6.6.145, 7.1.5
CVEs
CVE-2026-72024
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 23:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Aug 2026, 05:51 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion Queue wake, stop, and disable paths walk local->interfaces under RCU. The bulk hardware teardown path removes entries with list_del(), so an asynchronous transmit completion can follow a poisoned list node in ieee802154_wake_queue(). Use list_del_rcu() as in the single-interface removal path. The following unregister_netdevice() waits for in-flight RCU readers before freeing the netdevice, so no separate grace-period wait is needed.

osv:CVE-2026-72024

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5

Complete source record
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