Bug 2546417 (CVE-2026-98213)

Summary: CVE-2026-98213 kernel: mmc: core: Cancel SDIO IRQ work before freeing host
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's MultiMediaCard (MMC) subsystem. This issue allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or memory corruption. The vulnerability occurs because pending interrupt handling work is not properly cancelled before host memory is freed during device removal, leading to a use-after-free condition when the scheduled worker executes.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-06 09:17:34 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mmc: core: Cancel SDIO IRQ work before freeing host

A host controller that uses sdio_signal_irq() schedules host->sdio_irq_work
from its interrupt handler.  That work is only cancelled on the suspend
path (mmc_sdio_suspend()), not on the remove/free path, so a worker armed
just before the controller freed its IRQ can run after
mmc_host_classdev_release() has freed the host and dereference it through
container_of().

Cancel host->sdio_irq_work in mmc_free_host(), like the existing
host->detect drain added by commit 1036f69e2513 ("mmc: core: Cancel
delayed work before releasing host").

This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.