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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-53101

| EUVDEUVD-2026-38969 MEDIUM
Improper Locking (CWE-667)
2026-06-24 Linux GHSA-vhcc-wfm4-93ww
Information Disclosure Linux Red Hat Suse
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI
5.5 MEDIUM

Local-only race condition (AV:L) triggered by a low-privileged station removal operation (PR:L); impact is purely availability via kernel deadlock (A:H), with no data exposure.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
4.8 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
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Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 21, 2026 - 20:42 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 21, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Jun 24, 2026 - 18:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jun 24, 2026 - 16:30 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jun 24, 2026 - 16:30 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

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

wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix potential deadlock in mt7921_roc_abort_sync

roc_abort_sync() can deadlock with roc_work(). roc_work() holds dev->mt76.mutex, while cancel_work_sync() waits for roc_work() to finish. If the caller already owns the same mutex, both sides block and no progress is possible.

This deadlock can occur during station removal when mt76_sta_state() -> mt76_sta_remove() -> mt7921_mac_sta_remove() -> mt7921_roc_abort_sync() invokes cancel_work_sync() while roc_work() is still running and holding dev->mt76.mutex.

This avoids the mutex deadlock and preserves exactly-once work ownership.

AnalysisAI

Mutex deadlock in the Linux kernel's mt7921 WiFi driver (mt76/mt7921 subsystem) can render the WiFi subsystem permanently unresponsive on affected systems. The deadlock arises during station removal: the call chain mt76_sta_state() → mt76_sta_remove() → mt7921_mac_sta_remove() → mt7921_roc_abort_sync() invokes cancel_work_sync() while roc_work() holds dev->mt76.mutex and the removal path already owns the same lock - a classic ABBA deadlock with no progress possible. No public exploit is identified and EPSS sits at 0.17% (6th percentile), placing this firmly in the patch-and-move-on category for most organisations, though Linux distributions serving MT7921 hardware (common in consumer laptops) should prioritise kernel updates.

Technical ContextAI

The affected code resides in the mt76/mt7921 driver, which provides Linux kernel support for MediaTek MT7921 802.11ax WiFi chipsets (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux). The root cause is CWE-667 (Improper Locking): mt7921_roc_abort_sync() calls cancel_work_sync() to synchronously wait for roc_work() to complete. However, roc_work() acquires dev->mt76.mutex during its execution, and the station-removal call path that leads to mt7921_roc_abort_sync() also holds dev->mt76.mutex before calling in. This produces a mutual-wait cycle - cancel_work_sync() blocks until roc_work() exits, but roc_work() cannot proceed or release its mutex lock while cancel_work_sync() occupies the same lock. The fix restructures work ownership semantics to ensure exactly-once execution without re-entrant mutex acquisition across the cancellation boundary. The vulnerability was introduced at commit 352d966126e66d825244f1185eb9f2d904c83dd4 in the Linux 6.9 development cycle.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to upgrade to a patched Linux kernel: version 6.18.33, 7.0.10, or Linux 7.1 post-patch, as documented in EUVD-2026-38969. Upstream stable fixes are available at git.kernel.org stable commits 35180c772f5e11e2fa4d80d3dfd50906cb6d9646, 91e77840bf13de3add125060cf8b32ca24a52c8c, d5059e52fd8bc624ec4255c9fa01a266513d126b, and b4faaa617af3f4173e64169b0ec1af8f9c5bca10. Ubuntu users should apply USN-8568-1 or USN-8566-1 via standard package management. Where immediate patching is not feasible, blacklisting the mt7921 kernel module (adding 'blacklist mt7921e' and 'blacklist mt7921s' to /etc/modprobe.d/) eliminates exposure entirely but disables MT7921 WiFi functionality - acceptable only if wired connectivity is available. No generic network-level mitigation applies given the local attack vector.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
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