FKIE_CVE-2026-68403

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-10 13:20 - Updated: 2026-08-19 17:20
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: initialize SDIO data work before cleanup brcmf_sdio_probe() stores the newly allocated bus in sdiodev->bus before allocating the ordered workqueue. If that allocation fails, the function jumps to fail and calls brcmf_sdio_remove(). brcmf_sdio_remove() unconditionally cancels bus->datawork. Initialize the work item before the first failure path that can reach brcmf_sdio_remove(), so the cleanup path always observes a valid work object. This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual review of the probe error path and the remove-time work drain. The problem pattern is an early setup failure that reaches a cleanup helper which cancels an embedded work item before its initializer has run. A QEMU PoC forced alloc_ordered_workqueue() to fail at the same point in brcmf_sdio_probe(), before INIT_WORK(&bus->datawork) is reached. The resulting fail path calls brcmf_sdio_remove(), and DEBUG_OBJECTS reports the invalid work drain with brcmf_sdio_probe() and brcmf_sdio_remove() in the stack.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a665946e0407a05a3f81bd56a08553c446498e0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c342437ea44bb829680ca9e4f683dd5b325b219
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd21ec8549a5854dd64204a66289952917a924c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/860887d22890417d43ef8298f0cc4865e29b54de
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a4be91e5bb032b34cb3c962f6d4f82e7ef09364
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c73c3fc1c7ca5a927639f0884624cb244ba791e4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f50a2b9e57a751e70ae9a272875d80d39eaccd6a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb12c87ae855346321af72e57a93c146205f1090
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: brcmfmac: initialize SDIO data work before cleanup\n\nbrcmf_sdio_probe() stores the newly allocated bus in sdiodev-\u003ebus before\nallocating the ordered workqueue. If that allocation fails, the function\njumps to fail and calls brcmf_sdio_remove().\n\nbrcmf_sdio_remove() unconditionally cancels bus-\u003edatawork. Initialize the\nwork item before the first failure path that can reach brcmf_sdio_remove(),\nso the cleanup path always observes a valid work object.\n\nThis issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by\nmanual review of the probe error path and the remove-time work drain. The\nproblem pattern is an early setup failure that reaches a cleanup helper\nwhich cancels an embedded work item before its initializer has run.\n\nA QEMU PoC forced alloc_ordered_workqueue() to fail at the same point in\nbrcmf_sdio_probe(), before INIT_WORK(\u0026bus-\u003edatawork) is reached. The\nresulting fail path calls brcmf_sdio_remove(), and DEBUG_OBJECTS reports\nthe invalid work drain with brcmf_sdio_probe() and brcmf_sdio_remove() in\nthe stack."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-68403",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-19T17:20:48.187",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:20:33.830",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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