CVE-2026-46187

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rsi: fix kthread lifetime race between self-exit and external-stop RSI driver use both self-exit(kthread_complete_and_exit) and external-stop (kthread_stop) when killing a kthread. Generally, kthread_stop() is called first, and in this case, no particular issues occur. However, in rare instances where kthread_complete_and_exit() is called first and then kthread_stop() is called, a UAF occurs because the kthread object, which has already exited and been freed, is accessed again. Therefore, to prevent this with minimal modification, you must remove kthread_stop() and change the code to wait until the self-exit operation is completed.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db57a1aa54ff68669781976e4edb045e09e2b65b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fcb436586dc3c2983537d557ac05bbc6a027f3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f9a4ae8d2c198f01611ea376034c326ef43ab56

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f4c9b13c485abd0a2d2c97f9db339d1dd8e147f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d9f674c619838bdeae42abc0929c9c5477ea1f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-28

Updated: 2026-05-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018