Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80939

Vulnerability identifier: #VU149456

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-80939

CWE-ID: CWE-664

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource shutdown in the rtw89 PCI driver's rfkill polling handler when the system performs a warm reboot. A local privileged user can initiate a warm reboot to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs on arm64 platforms after the PCIe link has been torn down.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.113-1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667c12782aaf8dd3cb2213e528fe63a73cb63345
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1f214dd1351244156deb57761b14190a233aef6

• Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel realtek rtw89 driver
• Debian update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more