Bug 2559661 (CVE-2026-98932)

Summary: CVE-2026-98932 kernel: EDAC/altera: Fix use-after-free in error paths
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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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 Altera EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) driver. In device setup error-handling paths, driver memory is released before the associated interrupt handlers are unregistered. If an interrupt fires during this cleanup window, the handler dereferences freed memory, resulting in a kernel crash and Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 12:55:47 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

EDAC/altera: Fix use-after-free in error paths

In both altr_edac_a10_device_add() and altr_portb_setup(), the error path
freed the dci structure before releasing the devres group. Since the managed
single and double bit IRQ handlers use altdev(dci->pvt_info) as their data, an
IRQ firing between freeing dci and unregistering the IRQs could dereference
the freed memory.

Release the devres group first so the managed IRQs are unregistered
before the dci structure is freed.