CVE-2026-90353 json
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix ext PHY use-after-free on register error path
published 2026-09-17 52 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-82014
- cvss
- 7.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix ext PHY use-after-free on register error path
After mt7915_register_ext_phy() succeeded, a failure of the main PHY mt7915_init_debugfs() or mt7915_coredump_register() unwound through free_phy2, which called ieee80211_free_hw() on the ext PHY hw while it was still registered with mac80211, since mt76_unregister_device() only unregisters the main hw. Unregister the ext PHY (thermal + phy + hw) first and skip the redundant free.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90353
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90353
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- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.7-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-101981
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa55bec92ba7747dd08feff409f8074c5e052e71 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad706fcf6255494613b94418e7243d98065dbeaf commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/34058ad122f7524e33df8e38caba4b1d803b025a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7fd3bae8e11a7c00df6a5021d9ef248ae9f9bf5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/648f5f03ff50d4bd719106ace0cdf1d8be02cbdd commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b960014f24dce5388d4a2e7274e6490cb3c421 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-90353 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix ext PHY use-after-free on register error path
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
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Exploit prediction
0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/aa55bec92ba7747dd08feff409f8074c5e052e71
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ad706fcf6255494613b94418e7243d98065dbeaf
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/34058ad122f7524e33df8e38caba4b1d803b025a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a7fd3bae8e11a7c00df6a5021d9ef248ae9f9bf5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/648f5f03ff50d4bd719106ace0cdf1d8be02cbdd
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/15b960014f24dce5388d4a2e7274e6490cb3c421
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90353
- NVD CVE-2026-90353
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