Bug 2513323 (CVE-2026-68318) - CVE-2026-68318 kernel: pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
Summary: CVE-2026-68318 kernel: pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68318
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:31 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-26 12:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:31:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove

In pdsc_remove(), the workqueue is destroyed before pdsc_teardown()
is called. This ordering allows two paths to queue work on the
destroyed workqueue:

1. If pdsc_teardown() -> pdsc_devcmd_reset() times out, the error
   path in pdsc_devcmd_locked() queues health_work.

2. A NotifyQ event can trigger the ISR and queue work before free_irq()
   is called in pdsc_teardown().

Fix by moving destroy_workqueue() after pdsc_teardown() so the
workqueue outlives every queuer; destroy_workqueue() then flushes any
work still pending.

Draining the queued work also requires ordering the teardown so the
resources that work touches are freed last:

  - In pdsc_qcq_free(), after freeing the interrupt, cancel_work_sync()
    the queue's work and only then clear qcq->intx, so
    pdsc_process_adminq()'s read of qcq->intx for interrupt-credit
    return cannot race with the clear.

  - Free adminqcq before notifyqcq: the shared adminq ISR is released
    when adminqcq is freed, and the adminq work accesses notifyqcq, so
    both must be stopped before notifyqcq is freed.


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