Bug 2559574 (CVE-2026-98896) - CVE-2026-98896 kernel: thunderbolt: Keep the domain reference while processing hotplug
Summary: CVE-2026-98896 kernel: thunderbolt: Keep the domain reference while processin...
Keywords:
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98896
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-10-23 12:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-26 15:18 UTC (History)
17 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 12:05:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thunderbolt: Keep the domain reference while processing hotplug

We process hotplug events in a workqueue that may run after the domain
has been removed by tb_domain_remove(). For example if user unloads the
driver while at the same time plugging  a device router we may have
scheduled tb_handle_hotplug() to run. Avoid possible UAF in this case by
taking the domain reference before scheduling the hotplug handler in
tb_queue_hotplug().


Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.