CVE-2026-23185
HIGHCVSS v3.1: 7.8 · EPSS: 0.0012 (2.2 percentile)
Source data as of:
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS
- 7.8 v3.1 · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.0012 (2.2 percentile) · FIRST.org
- CISA KEV
- No
- Type
- Use After Free · NVD CWE
- Attack conditions (CVSS vector)
- No user interaction · Source: NVD Vector
- Affected vendors
- linux
- Published
- 2026-02-14 · Modified: 2026-06-30
- References
- Jump to references (5)
CVSS / EPSS / KEV
Source — CVSS: NVD · EPSS: FIRST.org · KEV: CISA. Data & Sources
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: cancel mlo_scan_start_wk mlo_scan_start_wk is not canceled on disconnection. In fact, it is not canceled anywhere except in the restart cleanup, where we don't really have to. This can cause an init-after-queue issue: if, for example, the work was queued and then drv_change_interface got executed. This can also cause use-after-free: if the work is executed after the vif is freed.
References
Reference URLs as listed by NVD, grouped by a mechanical match on the link's host/pattern. Labels describe the link type only.
- Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff641011ab7fb63ea101251087745d9826e8ef5
- Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9f52f052f4953fecd2190ae2dde3aa76d10962
- Distro https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23185
- Distro https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439925
- Distro https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-23185.json