Bug 2552204 (CVE-2026-98430)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98430 kernel: RDMA/efa: Keep admin queues alive while IRQ is registered
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	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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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) driver. The driver enables interrupt request (IRQ) handling before initializing its administrative queues and frees those queues before disabling the interrupt handler. If an interrupt occurs while the queues are uninitialized or already destroyed—such as during device configuration, error handling, or removal—the handler accesses invalid memory. This improper resource management can lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-14 13:44:36 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/efa: Keep admin queues alive while IRQ is registered

The management IRQ handler accesses both the admin completion queue and the
async event queue. The driver registered the IRQ before constructing these
queues and destroyed them before freeing the IRQ, so the handler's lifetime
was not contained by the resources it accesses.

Initialize the queues with interrupts masked, request the IRQ, and then
switch to interrupt mode. On removal, reset the device and free the IRQ
before destroying the queues. Also reset the device before destroying the
queues if IRQ registration fails, because the device already has their DMA
addresses.