Bug 2521417 (CVE-2026-74617) - CVE-2026-74617 kernel: dibs: initialise dibs->lock in dibs_dev_alloc()
Summary: CVE-2026-74617 kernel: dibs: initialise dibs->lock in dibs_dev_alloc()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74617
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-22 15:44 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-24 14:00 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-22 15:44:34 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dibs: initialise dibs->lock in dibs_dev_alloc()

dibs->lock is initialised by dibs_dev_add(), but a dibs device can
already take interrupts before that call: ism_probe() runs
ism_dev_init(), and hence request_irq(), before it calls
dibs_dev_add(). No client can have registered a dmb at that point, so
no dmb interrupt can occur, but a GID event interrupt can, and
ism_handle_irq() takes dibs->lock unconditionally on entry, before it
inspects anything else.

Initialise the lock in dibs_dev_alloc() instead, so that it is valid as
soon as a driver can publish the device to its interrupt handler.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-24 13:07:05 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026082218-CVE-2026-74617-52a0@gregkh/T


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