CVE-2026-98896

Status: Received

Description

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().

Published
October 23, 2026 12:18 PM
Last Modified
October 23, 2026 12:18 PM
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

References

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