Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97432
Published: September 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152033
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-97432
CWE-ID: CWE-672
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper binding state management in the iwlwifi mvm P2P-Device binding handling when processing binding updates after a remain-on-channel operation. A local user can trigger a binding update after a P2P-Device is removed from a binding to cause a denial of service.
A stale P2P-Device binding can cause the firmware to crash after its PHY context is removed.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-97432
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3