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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-97603",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-24T16:01:01.158Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:22:16.015Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:10:07.248Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nidpf: disable DIM work before freeing q_vectors\n\nidpf never drains the Tx/Rx DIM works before freeing the memory they\nlive in.  tx_dim and rx_dim are embedded in struct idpf_q_vector, they\nare queued from the NAPI poll via net_dim(), and idpf_vport_intr_rel()\nends with kfree(rsrc->q_vectors).  Nothing in the driver cancels them.\n\nidpf_tx_dim_work() and idpf_rx_dim_work() then run on freed memory:\nidpf_vport_intr_write_itr() writes the ITR register through\nq_vector->intr_reg.tx_itr / rx_itr, void __iomem pointers loaded out of\nthe freed q_vector.  No configuration is needed to get there --\nIDPF_ITR_IS_DYNAMIC() is defined as (itr_mode) and idpf_vport_alloc()\ninitialises both modes to IDPF_ITR_DYNAMIC.\n\nDraining after idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all() is not enough on its own.\nidpf_net_dim() is called from inside the\n\"if (napi_complete_done(napi, work_done))\" branch of the poll, and\nnapi_complete_done() has already cleared NAPIF_STATE_SCHED by then.\nnapi_disable_locked() waits only while (val & (NAPIF_STATE_SCHED |\nNAPIF_STATE_NPSVC)), so napi_disable() can return while the poll tail is\nstill queueing the work, and a plain cancel_work_sync() would be\nre-armed behind the drain.\n\nUse disable_work_sync(): schedule_work() on a work with a non-zero\ndisable count is dropped by clear_pending_if_disabled() before\n__queue_work() is reached.\n\nMove idpf_init_dim() to idpf_vport_intr_alloc() so the works are\ninitialised on every path that can reach the drain -- the three\n\"goto intr_deinit\" sites between idpf_vport_intr_init() and\nidpf_vport_intr_ena() get there without the enable side having run.\nNothing re-enables them: rsrc->q_vectors is freed on every exit from\nidpf_vport_open() and on every idpf_vport_stop(), so the count dies with\nthe object.\n\nIt is a race, not a deterministic failure -- net_dim() only schedules\nonce DIM_NEVENTS events have accumulated and the profile index changes.\nA KASAN ifup/ifdown loop under load is the way to see it."
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