# CVE-2024-26892: wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix use-after-free in free_irq()

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the mt7921e WiFi driver allows attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute code during device removal.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26892, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26892, GHSA-9889-pmmf-cvr8, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26892

## What is CVE-2024-26892?

CVE-2024-26892 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix use-after-free in free_irq()

From commit a304e1b82808 ("[PATCH] Debug shared irqs"), there is a test
to make sure the shared irq handler should be able to handle the unexpected
event after deregistration. For this case, let's apply MT76_REMOVED flag to
indicate the device was removed and do not run into the resource access
anymore.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88824a7d3b78 by task rmmod/11115
CPU: 28 PID: 11115 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G        W    L    5.17.0 #10
Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7D73/MPG B650I
EDGE WIFI (MS-7D73), BIOS 1.81 01/05/2024
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xa0
 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x190
 ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e]
 ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e]
 kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b
 ? mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e]
 mt7921_irq_handler+0xd8/0x100 [mt7921e]
 free_irq+0x627/0xaa0
 devm_free_irq+0x94/0xd0
 ? devm_request_any_context_irq+0x160/0x160
 ? kobject_put+0x18d/0x4a0
 mt7921_pci_remove+0x153/0x190 [mt7921e]
 pci_device_remove+0xa2/0x1d0
 __device_release_driver+0x346/0x6e0
 driver_detach+0x1ef/0x2c0
 bus_remove_driver+0xe7/0x2d0
 ? __check_object_size+0x57/0x310
 pci_unregister_driver+0x26/0x250
 __do_sys_delete_module+0x307/0x510
 ? free_module+0x6a0/0x6a0
 ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x4b/0xb0
 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x10/0x70
 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x20/0x70
 ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x1c/0x130
 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x80
 ? trace_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x72/0x160
 ? do_syscall_64+0x68/0x80
 ? trace_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x72/0x160
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26892?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26892?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26892 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26892 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26892 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26892/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26892/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26892
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26892
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26892

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