CVE-2026-93094

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93094
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93094.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-93094
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:11:09Z
Modified
2026-09-19T03:47:28Z
Summary
wifi: ath12k: fix dp_link_peer dangling references on AP vdev rollback
Details

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

wifi: ath12k: fix dp_link_peer dangling references on AP vdev rollback

ath12k_mac_vdev_create() for an AP vdev creates the bss self-peer via ath12k_peer_create(), which finishes by calling ath12k_dp_link_peer_assign() to publish the dp_link_peer in the dp_hw->dp_peers[peerid_index] RCU table, in the dp_peer's link_peers[] array, and in the per-addr rhashtable.

If a step after ath12k_peer_create() fails the function jumps to err_peer_del, which open-codes a WMI peer_delete and waits for the unmap / delete_resp events. The wait_for_peer_delete_done() path relies on ath12k_dp_link_peer_unmap_event() freeing the dp_link_peer when the unmap arrives, but err_peer_del never calls ath12k_dp_link_peer_unassign() first. The published references in the dp_hw RCU table, dp_peer->link_peers[] and the rhashtable are left pointing at the dp_link_peer that unmap_event then frees, producing dangling pointers and use-after-free on subsequent lookups.

Replace the open-coded sequence with a call to ath12k_peer_delete(), which already does ath12k_dp_link_peer_unassign() before sending the WMI command. This drops the published references before the dp_link_peer is freed, in the same order as the normal teardown path in ath12k_mac_remove_link_interface().

Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c7-00108-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ_UPSTREAM-3

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93094.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
5525f12fa671a007c6c6044c861eee86de71b576
Fixed
af405d216316d99f9b48733145fc708110011e0f
Fixed
f066e1a93703c5be0fd905109d00587541711c97

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93094.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.0.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93094.json"