CVE-2026-46166
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
8.8
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: use safe list iteration in radar detect work The call to ieee80211_dfs_cac_cancel can cause the iterated chanctx to be freed and removed from the list. Guard against this to avoid a slab-use-after-free error.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.88-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7.0.7-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7.0.7-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/120149fb3ebcf674832ca3cafd32bedcdb686dde
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7577a4b8a10fab45a6ee2045ea038a5adadbb585
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/887ece6c23b49d02a6678e7a8d5ad213d75883ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac8eb3e18f41e2cc8492cc1d358bcb786c850270
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46166
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46166.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.