In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mwifiex: discard erroneous disassoc frames on STA interface
When operating in concurrent STA/AP mode with host MLME enabled, the firmware incorrectly sends disassociation frames to the STA interface when clients disconnect from the AP interface. This causes kernel warnings as the STA interface processes disconnect events that don't apply to it:
[ 1303.240540] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 513 at net/wireless/mlme.c:141 cfg80211_process_disassoc+0x78/0xec [cfg80211] [ 1303.250861] Modules linked in: 8021q garp stp mrp llc rfcomm bnep btnxpuart nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 onboard_us [ 1303.327651] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 513 Comm: kworker/u9:2 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1+ #3 PREEMPT [ 1303.335937] Hardware name: Toradex Verdin AM62 WB on Verdin Development Board (DT) [ 1303.343588] Workqueue: MWIFIEX_RX_WORK_QUEUE mwifiex_rx_work_queue [mwifiex] [ 1303.350856] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 1303.357904] pc : cfg80211_process_disassoc+0x78/0xec [cfg80211] [ 1303.364065] lr : cfg80211_process_disassoc+0x70/0xec [cfg80211] [ 1303.370221] sp : ffff800083053be0 [ 1303.373590] x29: ffff800083053be0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 1303.380855] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 00000000ffffffff x24: ffff000002c5b8ae [ 1303.388120] x23: ffff000002c5b884 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: 0000000000000008 [ 1303.395382] x20: ffff000002c5b8ae x19: ffff0000064dd408 x18: 0000000000000006 [ 1303.402646] x17: 3a36333a61623a30 x16: 32206d6f72662063 x15: ffff800080bfe048 [ 1303.409910] x14: ffff000003625300 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 1303.417173] x11: 0000000000000002 x10: ffff000003958600 x9 : ffff000003625300 [ 1303.424434] x8 : ffff00003fd9ef40 x7 : ffff0000039fc280 x6 : 0000000000000002 [ 1303.431695] x5 : ffff0000038976d4 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000003186 [ 1303.438956] x2 : 000000004836ba20 x1 : 0000000000006986 x0 : 00000000d00479de [ 1303.446221] Call trace: [ 1303.448722] cfg80211_process_disassoc+0x78/0xec [cfg80211] (P) [ 1303.454894] cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt+0x64/0xf8 [cfg80211] [ 1303.460362] mwifiex_process_mgmt_packet+0x1ec/0x460 [mwifiex] [ 1303.466380] mwifiex_process_sta_rx_packet+0x1bc/0x2a0 [mwifiex] [ 1303.472573] mwifiex_handle_rx_packet+0xb4/0x13c [mwifiex] [ 1303.478243] mwifiex_rx_work_queue+0x158/0x198 [mwifiex] [ 1303.483734] process_one_work+0x14c/0x28c [ 1303.487845] worker_thread+0x2cc/0x3d4 [ 1303.491680] kthread+0x12c/0x208 [ 1303.495014] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Add validation in the STA receive path to verify that disassoc/deauth frames originate from the connected AP. Frames that fail this check are discarded early, preventing them from reaching the MLME layer and triggering WARN_ON().
This filtering logic is similar with that used in the ieee80211_rx_mgmt_disassoc() function in mac80211, which drops disassoc frames that don't match the current BSSID (!ether_addr_equal(mgmt->bssid, sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr)), ensuring only relevant frames are processed.
Tested on: - 8997 with FW 16.68.1.p197
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-oem-6.14Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1017-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1017-awsUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1017-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-36-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1017-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1020-gcpUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.14Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1017-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1018-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-36-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1020-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.14Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.14 | Nov 25, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 |
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