Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtl8xxxu: add cancel_work_sync() for c2hcmd_work
The workqueue might still be running, when the driver is stopped. To avoid a use-after-free, call cancel_work_sync() in rtl8xxxu_stop().
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 4.18.0 (+9 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtl8xxxu: add cancel_work_sync() for c2hcmd_work
The workqueue might still be running, when the driver is stopped. To avoid a use-after-free, call cancel_work_sync() in rtl8xxxu_stop().