CVE-2026-98496
Vulnérabilité non évaluée dans Linux (Linux)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: airoha: npu: cancel wdt_work after releasing the WDT IRQ airoha_npu_remove() calls cancel_work_sync() on each core's wdt_work, but the watchdog IRQ that queues it is requested with devm_request_irq() and is freed only after .remove() returns. airoha_npu_wdt_handler() can therefore schedule_work() again once the cancel has returned. struct airoha_npu, which contains the work, is devm_kzalloc()'d and is freed in that same unwind, so the late work dereferences freed memory. Register the work with devm_work_autocancel() before devm_request_irq() and drop .remove(). Devres runs in reverse order, so the IRQ is freed before cancel_work_sync(), including when probe fails. A cancel left in .remove() cannot get that order. Initializing the work first also stops a pending watchdog interrupt from queuing an uninitialized work item. Probe currently calls INIT_WORK() only after devm_request_irq(). This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while reviewing kernel code.
Gravité et risque d'exploitation
CVE-2026-98496 obtient un score CVSS de 0.0/10, soit une gravité non évaluée.
Que faire ?
- Vérifiez si Linux (versions <=*, <4bdee8060d1e4581624e68fbd369b1afb14df4bc, <=7.2.*, <aca91d8fa0ecbc990ebf9a688c684dda78a43c00, <6.15, <=6.18.*, 6.18.55, 7.3, 0, 6.15, 23290c7bc190def4e1ca61610992d9b7c32e33f3, 7.2.9, <da9d42531f3a6dfea2e9c775b62a46185dbf280a) est présent sur votre parc.
- Appliquez le correctif ou la version corrigée indiqués dans les références de l'éditeur.
- À défaut de correctif, limitez l'exposition (filtrage réseau, désactivation du composant).
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