---
cve: "CVE-2026-64586"
severity: "HIGH"
cvss: 8.8
epss: "0.2%"
vendor: "Linux"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2026-08-06 07:06:27"
tags: [cve, security, high]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-21T10:48:52+02:00"
---

# CVE-2026-64586

> 8.8 HIGH

## Beschreibung

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

wifi: brcmfmac: drain bus_reset work on device removal

brcmf_fw_crashed() and the debugfs "reset" entry both schedule
drvr->bus_reset, whose callback recovers drvr through container_of()
and dereferences it.  The removal path frees drvr (brcmf_free ->
wiphy_free) without draining the work, so a bus_reset callback pending
or running during removal can outlive drvr.

Cancellation cannot live in brcmf_detach() or brcmf_free(): the work
callback reaches teardown through the bus .reset op (PCIe
brcmf_pcie_reset -> brcmf_detach; SDIO brcmf_sdio_bus_reset ->
brcmf_sdiod_remove -> brcmf_free), so cancelling there would wait for
the running work and deadlock.

Add a per-bus mutex (bus_reset_lock) and route all arming through
brcmf_bus_schedule_reset(), which under the lock skips when the bus is
marked removing.  Each bus remove entry calls
brcmf_bus_cancel_reset_work(), which under the same lock sets removing
and cancels the work.  Holding the mutex across cancel_work_sync() makes
the set-removing + drain step atomic.  Every producer reaches the arming
path from process context -- the PCIe firmware-halt notification runs in
the threaded IRQ handler (brcmf_pcie_isr_thread) and the SDIO hostmail
path runs from the data workqueue -- so the mutex is taken only in
sleepable contexts.  Where applicable the remove entry first stops the
firmware-crash producer: on PCIe mask the mailbox and synchronize_irq;
on SDIO unregister the bus interrupt and cancel the data worker, which
also reports firmware halts through brcmf_fw_crashed().  The mutex is
initialized at bus allocation.  The SDIO suspend power-off path frees
drvr through the same brcmf_sdiod_remove() and takes the same lock;
resume re-allows the work only on a successful re-probe.

Also guard brcmf_fw_crashed() against a NULL bus_if/drvr: it can fire
before brcmf_attach() wires up drvr, and it dereferences drvr
(bphy_err/brcmf_dev_coredump) before reaching the arming gate.

The bus_reset work is shared across buses, so the drain is applied to
every remove path: PCIe (the .reset op introduced by the Fixes commit),
SDIO (arms the same work through brcmf_fw_crashed()), and USB (via the
debugfs "reset" entry).  cancel_work_sync() drains a running or pending
bus_reset work item before removal frees drvr, and patch 1/2 makes the
scratch-buffer release safe when reset teardown has already released
those DMA buffers.

This patch fixes the lifetime of the bus_reset work item itself.  It does
not attempt to address the separate, pre-existing lifetime of the
asynchronous firmware completion started by the PCIe reset path.  That
callback needs its own lifetime/ownership protocol and is being tracked
separately.

This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.

## CVSS-Vektor

```
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
```

| Metrik | Wert | Bewertung |
|---|---|---|
| AV Angriffsvektor | Benachbart | warn |
| AC Komplexität | Gering | bad |
| PR Privilegien | Keine | bad |
| UI Interaktion | Keine | bad |
| S Scope | Unverändert | good |
| C Vertraulichkeit | Hoch | bad |
| I Integrität | Hoch | bad |
| A Verfügbarkeit | Hoch | bad |

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- Kernel ≥ 5.10.266
- Kernel ≥ 5.15.217
- Kernel ≥ 6.1.184
- Kernel ≥ 6.6.151
- Kernel ≥ 6.12.103
- Kernel ≥ 6.18.44
- Kernel ≥ 7.1.6

## Referenzen

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dfb09cb0abbf92a06f93e0715e163aa188a84da>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4824e3bcc68f8d678b409039d1bb48c7b5ea73dc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61127dd20920bf28460a1609aabb0dafa2f54fac>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c268331845ee00dbdbccb000826bb612dff2bee7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3815d1ffbb9be4f1605ddc3b427557893461683>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02d378828af8bb74f6c2f4d2bee3c77cf16c861e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177a25be1195f8bdc6160ba5f1a5699f7041c985>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43b25879f004c98defa2776bedc6ca4763c51945>

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