Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-68403

wifi: brcmfmac: initialize SDIO data work before cleanup

published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: initialize SDIO data work before cleanup brcmf_sdio_probe() stores the newly allocated bus in sdiodev->bus before allocating the ordered workqueue. If that allocation fails, the function jumps to fail and calls brcmf_sdio_remove(). brcmf_sdio_remove() unconditionally cancels bus->datawork. Initialize the work item before the first failure path that can reach brcmf_sdio_remove(), so the cleanup path always observes a valid work object. This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual review of the probe error path and the remove-time work drain. The problem pattern is an early setup failure that reaches a cleanup helper which cancels an embedded work item before its initializer has run. A QEMU PoC forced alloc_ordered_workqueue() to fail at the same point in brcmf_sdio_probe(), before INIT_WORK(&bus->datawork) is reached. The resulting fail path calls brcmf_sdio_remove(), and DEBUG_OBJECTS reports the invalid work drain with brcmf_sdio_probe() and brcmf_sdio_remove() in the stack.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-08-10Source updated 2026-11-06
Collected2026-11-062 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < 860887d22890417d43ef8298f0cc4865e29b54de (affected, git)
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < 9a4be91e5bb032b34cb3c962f6d4f82e7ef09364 (affected, git)
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < fb12c87ae855346321af72e57a93c146205f1090 (affected, git)
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < f50a2b9e57a751e70ae9a272875d80d39eaccd6a (affected, git)
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < 6bd21ec8549a5854dd64204a66289952917a924c (affected, git)
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < 5c342437ea44bb829680ca9e4f683dd5b325b219 (affected, git)
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < c73c3fc1c7ca5a927639f0884624cb244ba791e4 (affected, git)
≥ 9982464379e81ece51ced03ebecbbcd34ea367a6; < 2a665946e0407a05a3f81bd56a08553c446498e0 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
4.1 (affected)
≥ 0; < 4.1 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.10.265; ≤ 5.10.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.15.216; ≤ 5.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1.183; ≤ 6.1.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.6.148; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.12.101; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.18.42; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 7.1.6; ≤ 7.1.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 7.2; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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