CVE-2026-90367
kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7996: hold dev->mt76.mutex while disabling tx worker in SER
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 17, 2026
Updated · October 20, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mt7996 Wi-Fi driver. The driver fails to properly hold a mutex, which is a mechanism to prevent simultaneous access to shared resources, when disabling a transmit worker during System Error Recovery (SER). This oversight creates a race condition where a concurrent channel switch operation can lead to the corruption of data transfer descriptors or tokens. The most important consequence is potential system instability or a denial of service, where the system becomes unresponsive or crashes.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-820 · Missing Synchronization