{"id":"CVE-2026-53103","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix potential deadlock in mt7925_roc_abort_sync","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7925: fix potential deadlock in mt7925_roc_abort_sync\n\nroc_abort_sync() can deadlock with roc_work(). roc_work() holds\ndev->mt76.mutex, while cancel_work_sync() waits for roc_work()\nto finish. If the caller already owns the same mutex, both\nsides block and no progress is possible.\n\nThis deadlock can occur during station removal when\nmt76_sta_state() -> mt76_sta_remove() ->\nmt7925_mac_sta_remove_link() -> mt7925_mac_link_sta_remove() ->\nmt7925_roc_abort_sync() invokes cancel_work_sync() while\nroc_work() is still running and holding dev->mt76.mutex.\n\nThis avoids the mutex deadlock and preserves exactly-once\nwork ownership.","publishedAt":"2026-06-24T16:30:39.184Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T12:41:59.799Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"45064d19fd3af6aeb0887b35b5564927980cf150","status":"affected","lessThan":"253cfc33d95ce4a30fd2eca0ff0138603c6c2fcc","versionType":"git"},{"version":"45064d19fd3af6aeb0887b35b5564927980cf150","status":"affected","lessThan":"153bcba36c87a1ba555b57b6c49028d5812f895b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"45064d19fd3af6aeb0887b35b5564927980cf150","status":"affected","lessThan":"2d8e0053bca29143ace51e08c980ff076844a4b0","versionType":"git"},{"version":"45064d19fd3af6aeb0887b35b5564927980cf150","status":"affected","lessThan":"dd08ca3f092f4185ece69ce2a835c23198b1628a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"978d1756b3ae1b857826eb7ed8181f3c5180dce9","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.11.2","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.12","versionType":"semver"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7925/main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.12","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.114","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.33","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7925/main.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/253cfc33d95ce4a30fd2eca0ff0138603c6c2fcc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/153bcba36c87a1ba555b57b6c49028d5812f895b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d8e0053bca29143ace51e08c980ff076844a4b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd08ca3f092f4185ece69ce2a835c23198b1628a"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:16.098Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53103.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-53103","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-06-24T16:30:39.184Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:41:59.799Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-06-09T07:44:35.385Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix potential deadlock in mt7925_roc_abort_sync","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7925: fix potential deadlock in mt7925_roc_abort_sync\n\nroc_abort_sync() can deadlock with roc_work(). roc_work() holds\ndev->mt76.mutex, while cancel_work_sync() waits for roc_work()\nto finish. 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