CVE-2021-47091 mac80211: fix locking in ieee80211_start_ap error path

2024-03-0418:10:31

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

vulnerability

mac80211

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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

mac80211: fix locking in ieee80211_start_ap error path

We need to hold the local->mtx to release the channel context,
as even encoded by the lockdep_assert_held() there. Fix it.

CNA Affected

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