High 7.8Published Feb 14, 2026

CVE-2026-23185wifi: iwlwifi: mld: cancel mlo_scan_start_wk

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 10:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: cancel mlo_scan_start_wk mlo_scan_start_wk is not canceled on disconnection. In fact, it is not canceled anywhere except in the restart cleanup, where we don't really have to. This can cause an init-after-queue issue: if, for example, the work was queued and then drv_change_interface got executed. This can also cause use-after-free: if the work is executed after the vif is freed.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-772, CWE-416
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	9748ad82a9d92b036ff3115207e36e2b9932e354 builds before 9b9f52f052f4953fecd2190ae2dde3aa76d10962; 9748ad82a9d92b036ff3115207e36e2b9932e354 builds before 5ff641011ab7fb63ea101251087745d9826e8ef5	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux	10	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.17 before 6.18.10; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 1 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9f52f052f4953fecd2190ae2dde3aa76d10962	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff641011ab7fb63ea101251087745d9826e8ef5	patch
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23185
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439925
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-23185.json

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