Deadlock in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53100

 

Deadlock in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53100

Published: June 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU135200
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53100
CWE-ID: CWE-833
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a deadlock in the mt76 remain-on-channel handling in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/channel.c when invoking remain-on-channel operations while dev->mutex is already held. A local user can trigger remain-on-channel processing to cause a denial of service.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-53100

Install security update from vendor's repository.

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