Bug 2554832 (CVE-2026-98486)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98486 kernel: net: ena: fix MMIO read buffer leak on probe failure
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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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 Amazon Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) driver. When the driver encounters an error during device initialization, it fails to release an allocated Direct Memory Access (DMA) buffer. A local user capable of triggering repeated device probe failures could exploit this memory leak, resulting in system resource exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:21:41 UTC

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

net: ena: fix MMIO read buffer leak on probe failure

ena_device_init() initializes the MMIO read mechanism with
ena_com_mmio_reg_read_request_init(), which allocates a coherent DMA
buffer for MMIO read responses.

The normal removal path releases this buffer through
ena_com_mmio_reg_read_request_destroy(). However, if ena_probe() fails
after ena_device_init() succeeds, the error path destroys the admin
resources and eventually frees ena_dev without destroying the MMIO read
request, leaving the coherent DMA buffer allocated.

Call ena_com_mmio_reg_read_request_destroy() in the probe error path
before releasing the remaining device resources.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-10-20 11:31:07 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98486.mbox