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CVE-2026-46180
Summary

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

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task

Watchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what
results in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task
reference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to
kthread_stop_put().

Publication Date May 28, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Registration Date May 29, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Last Update May 28, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
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