CVE-2026-63822 json
wifi: ath11k: fix warning when unbinding
published 3mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-45488
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath11k: fix warning when unbinding
If there is an error during some initialization related to firmware, the buffers dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status are released. However this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath11k_pci), and we get: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6231 at mm/slub.c:4368 free_large_kmalloc+0x57/0x90 Call Trace: free_large_kmalloc ath11k_dp_free ath11k_core_deinit ath11k_pci_remove ...
The issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing initialization is failing.
In order to fix the issue, just set the buffers to NULL after releasing in order to avoid the double free.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.260, 5.15.211, 6.1.177, 6.6.144, 6.12.95, 6.18.38, 7.1.3, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.177-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.95-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.3-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63822
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-31.31
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1012.12
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63822
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.72.1
- kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.72.1
- kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.72.1
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.78.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.78.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.78.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.78.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.78.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3810-1SUSE-SU-2026:3790-1SUSE-SU-2026:23244-1SUSE-SU-2026:23241-1SUSE-SU-2026:23194-1SUSE-SU-2026:23193-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11339-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e569a5cb401a267168621aa9a1e7f07fcc9612c3 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aa097a370277deab5337030b9e2d395742f469c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a946abb82f29abe9a15173b707a449cb039b43e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/318703b6f71d1a29ee0ac46c32a38f7734d4cfb2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b2e62b9080bf4a5f4e70cfe47156df8d93a4f13 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/40aa3c2b0cb8e34e0576fc94cc70e4e33db03c0a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/051f954b94479d72222c9fbc82a3eef4777bca01 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b7a26b6681922a38cd5a7829ace61f8e54df9b7 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-63822 updated cvss 4.7
kernel: wifi: ath11k: fix warning when unbinding
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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 kernelaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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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 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e569a5cb401a267168621aa9a1e7f07fcc9612c3
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0aa097a370277deab5337030b9e2d395742f469c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0a946abb82f29abe9a15173b707a449cb039b43e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/318703b6f71d1a29ee0ac46c32a38f7734d4cfb2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7b2e62b9080bf4a5f4e70cfe47156df8d93a4f13
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/40aa3c2b0cb8e34e0576fc94cc70e4e33db03c0a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/051f954b94479d72222c9fbc82a3eef4777bca01
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8b7a26b6681922a38cd5a7829ace61f8e54df9b7
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-63822
- NVD CVE-2026-63822
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