CVE-2026-74661

mac802154: fix netdev use-after-free in beacon worker

CVE-2026-74661 is fixed in 37 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74661, released August 27, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0013
2nd percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: fix netdev use-after-free in beacon worker mac802154_beacon_worker() reads local->beacon_req under RCU and derives the sub-interface from the request, but then drops the RCU read lock and continues to use both sdata and the embedded wpan_dev. mac802154_stop_beacons_locked() cancels only pending beacon work, clears local->beacon_req and frees the request. A beacon worker that is already running can therefore continue after interface teardown and dereference the freed netdev private area. The scan worker already pins the netdev before leaving RCU. Apply the same lifetime rule to the beacon worker: take a netdev reference while the request is still protected by RCU, and release it on all paths that continue after the reference is acquired.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
kernel-uek · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-doc · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-doc · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-tools · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-tools · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.105-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74661 Aug 27, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74661 Aug 27, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74661 Aug 27, 2026

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