Bug 2541039 (CVE-2026-98018) - CVE-2026-98018 kernel: net: mctp: i3c: serialize probe with bus removal
Summary: CVE-2026-98018 kernel: net: mctp: i3c: serialize probe with bus removal
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98018
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-09-25 10:44 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 20:40 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:44:49 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: mctp: i3c: serialize probe with bus removal

mctp_i3c_probe() drops busdevs_lock after finding the matching bus. A
concurrent I3C_NOTIFY_BUS_REMOVE can then unregister and free the bus
netdev before probe passes its private data to mctp_i3c_add_device().
The latter consequently adds a list node through a freed mbus pointer.

Keep busdevs_lock held until the device has been added. This also
satisfies the __must_hold annotation on mctp_i3c_add_device().


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