{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-98932", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.381Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-23T12:11:35.940Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-24T14:09:33.367Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-24T14:09:33.367Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nEDAC/altera: Fix use-after-free in error paths\n\nIn both altr_edac_a10_device_add() and altr_portb_setup(), the error path\nfreed the dci structure before releasing the devres group. Since the managed\nsingle and double bit IRQ handlers use altdev(dci->pvt_info) as their data, an\nIRQ firing between freeing dci and unregistering the IRQs could dereference\nthe freed memory.\n\nRelease the devres group first so the managed IRQs are unregistered\nbefore the dci structure is freed." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.4, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Platform-driver binding reaches altr_edac_a10_probe()->altr_edac_a10_device_add(), with the SDMMC branch continuing through socfpga_init_sdmmc_ecc()->altr_portb_setup(); no packet, media data, or remote protocol enters either patched path.\nAC:H - After the SB IRQ is registered, a DB-IRQ parse/request or edac_device_add_device() must fail, and an ECC interrupt must execute between edac_device_free_ctl_info() and devres_release_group()->free_irq(); the setup failure and hardware-fault timing are not attacker-controlled.\nPR:N - The platform core invokes altr_edac_a10_probe() automatically for the DT-described ECC manager without capable() or credential checks. The root-only altr_trigger debugfs file is created only after successful setup and cannot supply the interrupt during this failing probe.\nUI:N - Once the DT device is probed and the required setup failure and ECC interrupt occur, the unwind and stale IRQ handler execute entirely in kernel context without a victim opening a device, mounting media, or taking another action.\nS:U - The freed edac_device_ctl_info and altr_edac_device_dev objects, stale IRQ callback, and resulting corruption all reside within the same host kernel; no VM, IOMMU, or other security-authority boundary is crossed.\nC:H - edac_device_free_ctl_info() frees both dci->pvt_info and dci while altr_edac_a10_ecc_irq(), altr_edac_a10_l2_irq(), or the port-B handler can still read base, data, edac_dev, and related fields from those reclaimable objects, providing a UAF disclosure primitive.\nI:H - The stale handlers write through fields loaded from freed altdev: writel()/regmap_write() use its pointers, while edac_device_handle_ce/ue() updates counters through the freed edac_dev. Reclaiming either object therefore provides UAF write and control-flow-corruption primitives.\nA:H - Dereferencing reclaimed base, data, edac, or edac_dev pointers in the stale IRQ handler can immediately oops or panic the kernel; the L2 uncorrectable-error branch can additionally reach panic() through the freed object state." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/edac/altera_edac.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "588cb03ea208b303e6dee7e916f329043fd0fc26", "lessThan": "865f3bdebbc9b34012358c377c9b15154f95f33b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "588cb03ea208b303e6dee7e916f329043fd0fc26", "lessThan": "87364b19b3fe4e6dbf88d6acf6db4ec87e7dfbba", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "588cb03ea208b303e6dee7e916f329043fd0fc26", "lessThan": "eef3b67f9c6782127163b631c9043011a68016e2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/edac/altera_edac.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.7", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.56", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.56" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.7", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.7", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/865f3bdebbc9b34012358c377c9b15154f95f33b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87364b19b3fe4e6dbf88d6acf6db4ec87e7dfbba" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef3b67f9c6782127163b631c9043011a68016e2" } ], "title": "EDAC/altera: Fix use-after-free in error paths", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }