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CVE-2026-74407: Linux kernel · wifi: ath11k: cancel SSR work items during PCI shutdown

Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High · fixed in f82d42577ee4a191b0ad0f0a3b49fc1935dff845 : patch Linux kernel soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 33% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CISA SSVC
Exploitation
No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
Automatable
Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
Technical impact
Total control over the software or total information disclosure

CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-16.

Patch
Available – fixed in f82d42577ee4a191b0ad0f0a3b49fc1935dff845, daeb44fb8d700654f37f54d1ee36cd67645d0d34, 53dd29e8aeb2a1b5f079178551836b85fc6b53df +2
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 13da397f884d9c9a3fb6616206eeb6c6ab097287, < f82d42577ee4a191b0ad0f0a3b49fc1935dff845
Fixed in
  • f82d42577ee4a191b0ad0f0a3b49fc1935dff845
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 13da397f884d9c9a3fb6616206eeb6c6ab097287, < daeb44fb8d700654f37f54d1ee36cd67645d0d34
Fixed in
  • daeb44fb8d700654f37f54d1ee36cd67645d0d34
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 13da397f884d9c9a3fb6616206eeb6c6ab097287, < 53dd29e8aeb2a1b5f079178551836b85fc6b53df
Fixed in
  • 53dd29e8aeb2a1b5f079178551836b85fc6b53df
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 13da397f884d9c9a3fb6616206eeb6c6ab097287, < 8c79aac429b583301f387374ff37c59be671df87
Fixed in
  • 8c79aac429b583301f387374ff37c59be671df87
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 13da397f884d9c9a3fb6616206eeb6c6ab097287, < 6dd3701facc0cee62d6682e49eed64499f9d0e43
Fixed in
  • 6dd3701facc0cee62d6682e49eed64499f9d0e43
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • =5.19
Fixed in–

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: cancel SSR work items during PCI shutdown A reboot can crash the kernel if it overlaps with WLAN firmware crash recovery (SSR). The crash is a NULL pointer dereference in the MHI teardown path while freeing DMA-backed MHI contexts. Simplified trace: dma_free_attrs mhi_deinit_dev_ctxt [mhi] ath11k_pci_power_down [ath11k_pci] ath11k_pci_shutdown [ath11k_pci] device_shutdown kernel_restart On the host side, SSR is driven by the MHI RDDM callback, which queues reset_work to perform device recovery. reset_work power-cycles the device by calling ath11k_hif_power_down() followed by ath11k_hif_power_up(). The power-down phase deinitializes MHI and frees DMA resources. Shutdown/reboot runs fully asynchronously with this RDDM-driven SSR recovery flow. As a result, the shutdown path (ath11k_pci_shutdown() -> ath11k_pci_power_down()) can race with the SSR recovery sequence. Fix this by canceling SSR-related work items during PCI shutdown, marking the device as unregistering, and serializing the RDDM callback path that checks and queues reset_work. This ensures that no new SSR recovery work can be queued once teardown has started, and that any in-flight recovery work is fully synchronized before device power-down, preventing MHI teardown and DMA resource freeing from running more than once. Note: This issue only affects PCI/MHI-based devices. AHB-based ath11k devices do not queue reset_work in normal SSR flows. Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-04866.5-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_IOE-1

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