{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-90371", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.808Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-17T16:09:12.046Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:02:30.177Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:02:30.177Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: fix RXDMAD_C buffer recycling race\n\nThe RXDMAD_C buffers come from the RRO data queues' page pools, which are\nbound to a different NAPI, so the direct page-pool recycle used here could\nrace the owning NAPI; take the non-direct path as is already done for WED\nRX queues." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:A - Received 802.11 frames are completed by HW-RRO v3.1 into the RXDMAD_C ring; mt7996_irq_handler/mt7996_irq_tasklet schedules napi[MT_RXQ_RRO_RXDMAD_C] and mt76_dma_rx_poll→mt76_dma_rx_process→mt76_dma_get_rxdmad_c_buf recycles those payload pages. A radio-range peer supplies the frames; WiFi is adjacent, not a routable IP transport.\nAC:L - The attacker drives both NAPIs by flooding 802.11 traffic: the RRO data-queue NAPI runs mt76_dma_rx_fill→page_pool_alloc_frag on the owning pool, while RXDMAD_C drops completions (SDL0 vs SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD of MT7996_RX_BUF_SIZE, or extra frags in mt76_add_fragment) and calls mt76_put_page_pool_buf(..., true) into the same unlocked alloc.cache.\nPR:N - mt76_dma_get_rxdmad_c_buf runs on the WiFi RX DMA completion path with no host credential check; a nearby unauthenticated station can send frames that HW-RRO v3.1 writes into RXDMAD_C (rx_token_id/SDL0) without any kernel account.\nUI:N - With the mt7996/mt7992 interface already up in HWRRO v3.1, the attacker triggers mt76_dma_rx_process on MT_RXQ_RRO_RXDMAD_C solely by transmitting frames; no mount, click, or other victim action is required.\nS:U - The race corrupts the host kernel page_pool alloc.cache for the RRO data queues (dev->q_rx[t->qid]->page_pool) in the same kernel; it does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or guest/host boundary.\nC:H - Concurrent lockless updates of pool->alloc.cache/count in page_pool_recycle_in_cache versus page_pool_alloc_frag can issue the same RX page twice or return a stale pointer, a use-after-free of packet buffers that enables disclosure of kernel or packet memory.\nI:H - The same unlocked recycle can bump alloc.count past PP_ALLOC_CACHE_SIZE so a later page_pool_recycle_in_cache writes a netmem pointer out of bounds, and a double-issued page lets attacker-controlled 802.11 DMA clobber reused kernel memory.\nA:H - A corrupted page_pool alloc.cache yields invalid page pointers and use-after-free in mt76_dma_rx_fill/mt76_dma_rx_process, which oopses or panics the kernel." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e50d4d710efd2dbc46965e9608bbb502bcfc5c99", "lessThan": "7ac05ed3a50e511c93f8506e555709a208dfce0a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e50d4d710efd2dbc46965e9608bbb502bcfc5c99", "lessThan": "a273dc3b86a7d983d643827d3d3c795d55d8f632", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e50d4d710efd2dbc46965e9608bbb502bcfc5c99", "lessThan": "e1f97c10a4ec2b9db69a134b757304399ca903ce", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.52", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.52" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ac05ed3a50e511c93f8506e555709a208dfce0a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a273dc3b86a7d983d643827d3d3c795d55d8f632" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1f97c10a4ec2b9db69a134b757304399ca903ce" } ], "title": "wifi: mt76: fix RXDMAD_C buffer recycling race", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }