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CVE-2026-99061NVD

Vulnerability Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: brcmfmac: fix P2P device removal race in brcmf_detach()

When the driver is removed while the user space process that created
the P2P device (e.g. wpa_supplicant) is still exiting, the P2P device
interface is removed twice and the kernel crashes.

The two paths are:

- wpa_supplicant, on exit, sends NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE for the P2P
device. nl80211_del_interface() holds RTNL and the wiphy mutex and
calls brcmf_p2p_del_vif(), which disables discovery and waits up to
1.5 s for BRCMF_E_IF_DEL. Then it calls brcmf_remove_interface(),
which unregisters the wdev and frees the vif and the ifp.

- brcmf_detach() sets the bus down, so BRCMF_E_IF_DEL never arrives,
and calls brcmf_remove_interface(ifp, false) for the same ifp.
brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed() reads ifp->vif and then blocks on
rtnl_lock(). When brcmf_p2p_del_vif() releases RTNL, it calls
cfg80211_unregister_wdev() on the wdev that was already unregistered
and freed.

The second list_del_rcu() of wdev->list faults on LIST_POISON2:

brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_del_vif delete P2P vif
brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_deinit_discovery enter
brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_del_vif P2P: GO_NEG_PHASE status cleared
brcmfmac: brcmf_detach Enter
brcmfmac: brcmf_bus_change_state 1 -> 0
brcmfmac: brcmf_remove_interface Enter, bsscfgidx=1, ifidx=0
brcmfmac: brcmf_del_if Enter, bsscfgidx=1, ifidx=0
brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed P2P: device interface removed
[1.5 s later, brcmf_p2p_del_vif() timed out]
brcmfmac: brcmf_remove_interface Enter, bsscfgidx=1, ifidx=0
brcmfmac: brcmf_del_if Enter, bsscfgidx=1, ifidx=0
brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed P2P: device interface removed
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dead000000000122
Internal error: Oops: 96000044 [#1] PREEMPT_RT SMP
pc : _cfg80211_unregister_wdev+0x6c/0x264 [cfg80211]
Call trace:
_cfg80211_unregister_wdev+0x6c/0x264 [cfg80211]
cfg80211_unregister_wdev+0x10/0x1c [cfg80211]
brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed+0x84/0xb0 [brcmfmac]
brcmf_remove_interface+0x1f4/0x254 [brcmfmac]
brcmf_detach+0x88/0x180 [brcmfmac]
brcmf_sdio_remove+0x90/0x7b0 [brcmfmac]
brcmf_sdiod_remove+0x20/0xa0 [brcmfmac]
brcmf_ops_sdio_remove+0xbc/0x12c [brcmfmac]
sdio_bus_remove+0x38/0x144
device_release_driver_internal+0x1e8/0x2c0
device_release_driver+0x14/0x20
brcmf_sdio_bus_remove+0x2c/0x40 [brcmfmac]
brcmf_fwvid_unregister_vendor+0xd8/0x170 [brcmfmac]
__exit_compat+0x18/0x418 [brcmfmac_cyw]
__arm64_sys_delete_module+0x1ac/0x244

The log was taken with debug=0x406 on an i.MX 8M Plus board with a
CYW55513 (Sona IF513) on SDIO. The driver is the Ezurio backport of
brcmfmac from v6.18.22 on a 5.4-rt kernel. The code involved is the same
in mainline.

To reproduce:

1. Start wpa_supplicant on wlan0 and let it associate. It creates the
P2P device (iw dev shows "type P2P-device").
2. Stop wpa_supplicant and remove the driver without waiting for
wpa_supplicant to exit:

kill $(pidof wpa_supplicant)
rmmod brcmfmac_cyw brcmfmac

The crash is reproducible on that board.

For the interface without a netdev (the P2P device), take RTNL and the
wiphy mutex in brcmf_detach() before reading iflist, and remove it with
locked=true. If brcmf_p2p_del_vif() runs first, brcmf_detach() finds the
slot empty. If brcmf_detach() runs first, nl80211 does not find the wdev
any more. The interfaces with a netdev are removed as before, because
brcmf_del_if() takes RTNL on its own for the primary interface.
Severity Level
UNKNOWN
Published Date
Oct 23, 2026
Last Modified
Oct 30, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.18%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
N/A

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
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Patched Versions
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