CVE-2026-80939

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The rtw89 PCI\ndriver had no .shutdown callback, so nothing stopped the rfkill polling\nwork while the platform was tearing the PCIe link down. Once the link\nis gone, the next MMIO read from the poll handler targets a\nnon-responding device and is reported as a fatal asynchronous SError on\narm64.\n\nAdd rtw89_pci_shutdown(), wired to all rtw89 PCI device drivers, which\nsets a new RTW89_FLAG_SHUTDOWN flag (mirroring the USB\nRTW89_FLAG_UNPLUGGED pattern). When the flag is set,\nrtw89_ops_rfkill_poll() returns early, so no MMIO read is issued to the\nchip after shutdown begins and the SError no longer occurs.\n\nThis does not call the full .remove path from .shutdown, to keep the\nshutdown handler minimal and avoid running the non-idempotent teardown\ntwice."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/mac80211.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.h", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851be.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852ae.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852be.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852bte.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852ce.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8922ae.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8922de.c"], "versions": [{"version": "0b38e6277aed8a59ccb64fcc1172d962c1f11b4c", "lessThan": "dfe2b5b2056918d186ad890079a9e7ec1898429a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0b38e6277aed8a59ccb64fcc1172d962c1f11b4c", "lessThan": "9693980cd7d2f5b17e5ef5922b922f2e1a770fca", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0b38e6277aed8a59ccb64fcc1172d962c1f11b4c", "lessThan": "c1f214dd1351244156deb57761b14190a233aef6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0b38e6277aed8a59ccb64fcc1172d962c1f11b4c", "lessThan": "667c12782aaf8dd3cb2213e528fe63a73cb63345", "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/realtek/rtw89/core.h", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/mac80211.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.h", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851be.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852ae.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852be.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852bte.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8852ce.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8922ae.c", "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8922de.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.12", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.112", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.52", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "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": "6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.112"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.52"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe2b5b2056918d186ad890079a9e7ec1898429a"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9693980cd7d2f5b17e5ef5922b922f2e1a770fca"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1f214dd1351244156deb57761b14190a233aef6"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667c12782aaf8dd3cb2213e528fe63a73cb63345"}], "title": "wifi: rtw89: pci: add .shutdown callback to stop rfkill polling on reboot", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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The rtw89 PCI\ndriver had no .shutdown callback, so nothing stopped the rfkill polling\nwork while the platform was tearing the PCIe link down. Once the link\nis gone, the next MMIO read from the poll handler targets a\nnon-responding device and is reported as a fatal asynchronous SError on\narm64.\n\nAdd rtw89_pci_shutdown(), wired to all rtw89 PCI device drivers, which\nsets a new RTW89_FLAG_SHUTDOWN flag (mirroring the USB\nRTW89_FLAG_UNPLUGGED pattern). When the flag is set,\nrtw89_ops_rfkill_poll() returns early, so no MMIO read is issued to the\nchip after shutdown begins and the SError no longer occurs.\n\nThis does not call the full .remove path from .shutdown, to keep the\nshutdown handler minimal and avoid running the non-idempotent teardown\ntwice."}], "id": "CVE-2026-80939", "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:25.123", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-09-11T20:18:58.553", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667c12782aaf8dd3cb2213e528fe63a73cb63345"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9693980cd7d2f5b17e5ef5922b922f2e1a770fca"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1f214dd1351244156deb57761b14190a233aef6"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe2b5b2056918d186ad890079a9e7ec1898429a"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: Linux kernel: rtw89 PCI driver missing shutdown callback leads to kernel panic on ARM64", "id": "2532422", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532422"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.7", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-772", "details": ["A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rtw89 PCI driver. During a warm reboot on ARM64 platforms, the driver's missing shutdown callback fails to stop radio frequency kill (rfkill) polling. This leads to attempts to read from a non-responding device, causing a fatal asynchronous SError and resulting in a kernel panic, effectively a Denial of Service (DoS)."], "name": "CVE-2026-80939", "public_date": "2026-09-11T19:42:12Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80939\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80939\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667c12782aaf8dd3cb2213e528fe63a73cb63345\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1f214dd1351244156deb57761b14190a233aef6"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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