CVE-2026-68152

amt: fix use-after-free in AMT delayed works

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amt: fix use-after-free in AMT delayed works When an AMT device is removed, pending delayed works can still access the freed amt_dev structure, which may result in kernel crashes or memory corruption. amt_dev_stop() cancels req_wq and discovery_wq with cancel_delayed_work_sync(), but these works can be scheduled again from event_wq after the cancellation. This allows delayed works to access the freed amt_dev structure after the netdev has been released. The following is a simple race scenario: CPU0 CPU1 amt_dev_stop() cancel_delayed_work_sync() amt_event_work() mod_delayed_work(req_wq) free netdev req_wq accesses freed amt_dev Use disable_delayed_work_sync() in amt_dev_stop() to prevent req_wq and discovery_wq from being queued again and wait for running work items to complete. The delayed works are disabled after initialization in amt_newlink() and enabled only when the device is successfully opened. This keeps the delayed work lifecycle synchronized with the lifetime of the AMT device.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.16 ≤ v < 6.12.1015.16 ≤ v < 6.18.425.16 ≤ v < 7.1.65.16 ≤ v < 7.25.16cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4
Vendor states this is fixed in 006340cf06881b6ff49767d8b6f3c4f7b892670c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1a644db2cf59f164cdf3c75995bab5aadc097528 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a46bfa01e01df0f6f6dc4b0be18db002d6d2dbd2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ea20c44935d6142daecfa9b39d635033a7553e1b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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