CVE-2026-46180

Name	CVE-2026-46180
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task Watchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what results in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task reference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to kthread_stop_put().
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.174-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.86-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-2	fixed
	forky	7.0.9-1	fixed
	sid	7.0.10-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	trixie	6.12.88-1
linux	source	(unstable)	7.0.7-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/c623b63580880cc742255eaed3d79804c1b91143 (7.1-rc3)