CVE-2026-23185CWE-416CWE-772

CVE-2026-23185

High · published February 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mld: cancel mlo_scan_start_wk

mlo_scan_start_wk is not canceled on disconnection. In fact, it is not

canceled anywhere except in the restart cleanup, where we don't really

have to.

This can cause an init-after-queue issue: if, for example, the work was

queued and then drv_change_interface got executed.

This can also cause use-after-free: if the work is executed after the

vif is freed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00147 · 3.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-416 · Use After Free; CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Published
2026-02-14T22:15Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.17, < 6.18.106.18.10
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References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 FEB 16:27Z
    wifi: iwlwifi: mld: cancel mlo_scan_start_wk
    cvelistv5