CVE-2026-98938 (GCVE-0-2026-98938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-23 12:11
Modified
2026-10-23 12:11
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rust: irq: pass RegistrationInner as cookie to request_irq
With commit ba268514ea14 ("rust: devres: fix race condition due to
nesting"), Devres::new() returns Result<Self> by value instead of
initializing in-place via PinInit. Because request_irq() is called
inside Devres::new(), registration.inner is still uninitialized when the
IRQ is enabled, so accessing registration.inner.device() in the IRQ
callback can read uninitialized memory.
Fix this by storing the Device and handler pointer in RegistrationInner
and passing RegistrationInner as the IRQ cookie after its fields are
initialized.
This is not needed in mainline because commit 98c63ce4d760 ("rust: irq:
make Registration compatible with lifetime-bound drivers") removed
Devres from irq::Registration and moved request_irq() after all fields
are initialized.
References
Impacted products
{
"containers": {
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"rust/kernel/irq/request.rs"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "9a7931e847f338a687e96cde9f37e0cff83ddd84",
"status": "affected",
"version": "29e16fcd67ee5b1d0417a657294cf96fdf2f8df9",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"rust/kernel/irq/request.rs"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.18"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.18",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.10",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"cpeApplicability": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "7.2.10",
"versionStartIncluding": "6.18",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrust: irq: pass RegistrationInner as cookie to request_irq\n\nWith commit ba268514ea14 (\"rust: devres: fix race condition due to\nnesting\"), Devres::new() returns Result\u003cSelf\u003e by value instead of\ninitializing in-place via PinInit. Because request_irq() is called\ninside Devres::new(), registration.inner is still uninitialized when the\nIRQ is enabled, so accessing registration.inner.device() in the IRQ\ncallback can read uninitialized memory.\n\nFix this by storing the Device and handler pointer in RegistrationInner\nand passing RegistrationInner as the IRQ cookie after its fields are\ninitialized.\n\nThis is not needed in mainline because commit 98c63ce4d760 (\"rust: irq:\nmake Registration compatible with lifetime-bound drivers\") removed\nDevres from irq::Registration and moved request_irq() after all fields\nare initialized."
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T12:11:59.043Z",
"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"shortName": "Linux"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a7931e847f338a687e96cde9f37e0cff83ddd84"
}
],
"title": "rust: irq: pass RegistrationInner as cookie to request_irq",
"x_generator": {
"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"assignerShortName": "Linux",
"cveId": "CVE-2026-98938",
"datePublished": "2026-10-23T12:11:59.043Z",
"dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.381Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T12:11:59.043Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}
Loading…
Loading…
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Loading…
Loading…