CVE-2026-46125
wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails If connection preparation fails for MLO connections, then the interface is completely reset to non-MLD. In this case, we must not keep the station since it's related to the link of the vif being removed. Delete an existing station. Any "new_sta" is already being removed, so that doesn't need changes. This fixes a use-after-free/double-free in debugfs if that's enabled, because a vif going from MLD (and to MLD, but that's not relevant here) recreates its entire debugfs.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe75fa1ac9a92990f7fc3d34b17808fd933071b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afcbaed89cdc1a001b43270cbf5394bb4804270a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e28654f79f443bca9b29ff3ae7cf18abfba58a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c2b72ea89882aeb948340498391e69c58d466f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/283fc9e44ff5b5ac967439b4951b80bd4299f4e4
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