UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-72070
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas_tf: fix use-after-free in lbtf_free_adapter() lbtf_free_adapter() calls tim
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: libertas_tf: fix use-after-free in lbtf_free_adapter()
lbtf_free_adapter() calls timer_delete(&priv->command_timer), which does
not wait for a running command_timer_fn() callback. lbtf_free_adapter()
runs on the teardown path right before ieee80211_free_hw() frees priv,
both in lbtf_remove_card() and in the probe error path. command_timer is
armed by mod_timer() in lbtf_cmd() whenever a firmware command is sent.
command_timer_fn() dereferences priv. If a command times out as the
device is removed, command_timer_fn() runs concurrently with teardown and
dereferences priv after it has been freed.
This is the same use-after-free that commit 03cc8f90d053 ("wifi: libertas:
fix use-after-free in lbs_free_adapter()") fixed in the sibling libertas
driver. The libertas_tf variant has the identical pattern and was left
unchanged. Use timer_delete_sync() so any in-flight callback completes
before priv is freed.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/066b59e84f90d270cc15f0370166155aca507630
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4714e95f5d61cb9c5c7c6c4e68b618f37bc6ffcf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa6dcd5c8dd9ba1d7d0f60093bcda41c0d6d438d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcf7968cb97ce4312588042cf2712f04caff6d8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcff712d0e3d183843ec3916470ee6cc3455baad
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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