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          "type": "GIT"
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    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72005.json"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rt2x00: avoid full teardown before work setup in probe\n\nrt2x00lib_probe_dev() uses the full rt2x00lib_remove_dev() teardown for\nall probe failures. However, drv_data allocation and workqueue allocation\ncan fail before intf_work, autowakeup_work and sleep_work have been\ninitialized.\n\nDo not enter the full remove path until the probe has reached the point\nwhere those work items are set up. Return directly for drv_data allocation\nfailure, and use a small early cleanup path for workqueue allocation\nfailure.\n\nThis issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by\nmanual review of rt2x00lib_probe_dev() and rt2x00lib_remove_dev(). The\nearly probe exits should not call a common teardown path that assumes the\nlater work setup has already completed.\n\nA QEMU PoC forced alloc_ordered_workqueue() to fail before the work\ninitializers are reached. The resulting fail path entered\nrt2x00lib_remove_dev(), and DEBUG_OBJECTS reported invalid work drains with\nrt2x00lib_probe_dev() and rt2x00lib_remove_dev() in the stack.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72005",
  "modified": "2026-08-16T03:31:21.498051675Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:51:36.005Z",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0427d719bddb33caf18ff4ffb77cb47de7eb00"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/536fb3d739d75a03cb318c0c6fe799425cfea501"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59afe6148927395cf86f9429900e029a48b1d42b"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66bd9b1a72de7c2f5141b02d796048aafaed8a49"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7474d0253bb2de4793e1d3ce833e8564bbe732"
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      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72005.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72005"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "wifi: rt2x00: avoid full teardown before work setup in probe"
}