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The rfkill events tag covers discussions about the Linux rfkill subsystem, which manages radio transmitters such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, and WWAN. A key topic is CVE-2026-31670, a vulnerability that allowed userspace to create an unbounded number of pending rfkill events, potentially causing an out-of-memory denial of service. The fix caps queued events at 1,000 per data source. This tag is relevant for Linux kernel security, system administrators, and users interested in radio device management and OOM prevention.
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    CVE-2026-31670: Linux rfkill Kernel Fix Caps Events to Prevent OOM DoS

    CVE-2026-31670 is the kind of Linux kernel flaw that looks modest on paper but matters because it touches a deceptively ordinary system interface: rfkill, the subsystem that lets Linux manage Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, WWAN, and other radio transmitters. The vulnerability, disclosed through the...
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