CVE-2026-80939

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80939
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80939.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-80939
Downstream
Published
2026-09-11T19:42:12Z
Modified
2026-09-13T03:46:46Z
Summary
wifi: rtw89: pci: add .shutdown callback to stop rfkill polling on reboot
Details

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

wifi: rtw89: pci: add .shutdown callback to stop rfkill polling on reboot

Since the hardware rfkill polling was introduced, arm64 platforms can panic with an asynchronous SError during warm reboot:

SError Interrupt on CPU8, code 0x00000000be000011 -- SError Workqueue: events_power_efficient rfkill_poll [rfkill] rtw89_pci_ops_read8+0x94/0x160 [rtw89_pci] rtw89_core_rfkill_poll+0x50/0x1e0 [rtw89_core] rtw89_ops_rfkill_poll+0x40/0x68 [rtw89_core] ieee80211_rfkill_poll+0x3c/0x70 [mac80211] cfg80211_rfkill_poll+0x40/0x2a0 [cfg80211] rfkill_poll+0x30/0x88 [rfkill] Kernel panic - not syncing: Asynchronous SError Interrupt

On the reboot path the kernel only runs device_shutdown(), which calls each driver's .shutdown callback; .remove is not invoked. The rtw89 PCI driver had no .shutdown callback, so nothing stopped the rfkill polling work while the platform was tearing the PCIe link down. Once the link is gone, the next MMIO read from the poll handler targets a non-responding device and is reported as a fatal asynchronous SError on arm64.

Add rtw89_pci_shutdown(), wired to all rtw89 PCI device drivers, which sets a new RTW89_FLAG_SHUTDOWN flag (mirroring the USB RTW89_FLAG_UNPLUGGED pattern). When the flag is set, rtw89_ops_rfkill_poll() returns early, so no MMIO read is issued to the chip after shutdown begins and the SError no longer occurs.

This does not call the full .remove path from .shutdown, to keep the shutdown handler minimal and avoid running the non-idempotent teardown twice.

Database specific
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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/80xxx/CVE-2026-80939.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0b38e6277aed8a59ccb64fcc1172d962c1f11b4c
Fixed
c1f214dd1351244156deb57761b14190a233aef6
Fixed
667c12782aaf8dd3cb2213e528fe63a73cb63345

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80939.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.12.0
Fixed
7.2.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80939.json"