# CVE-2026-53100: wifi: mt76: fix deadlock in remain-on-channel

> A deadlock in the mt76 WiFi driver can cause a system hang, requiring a kernel patch to resolve.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-53100, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53100, GHSA-26qq-fq9w-jrj5, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53100

## What is CVE-2026-53100?

CVE-2026-53100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 2026. 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: fix deadlock in remain-on-channel

mt76_remain_on_channel() and mt76_roc_complete() call mt76_set_channel()
while already holding dev->mutex. Since mt76_set_channel() also acquires
dev->mutex, this results in a deadlock.

Use __mt76_set_channel() instead of mt76_set_channel().
Add cancel_delayed_work_sync() for mac_work before acquiring the mutex
in mt76_remain_on_channel() to prevent a secondary deadlock with the
mac_work workqueue.

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53100?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-53100?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-53100 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-53100 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-53100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 2026. 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-2026-53100 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-2026-53100/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53100/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53100
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53100
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53100

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53100/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.