{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-98694", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.364Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-18T15:46:18.654Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:55:43.497Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:55:43.497Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthunderbolt: Fix KASAN reported use-after-free when request is canceled\n\nAlan reported that when doing stress testing sometimes KASAN notices\nuse-after-free during control channel operation (stripped down keeping\nthe relevant parts):\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tb_cfg_request_sync+0x240/0x250 [thunderbolt]\n Read of size 24 at addr ffff88811067f290 by task kworker/u40:2/1760\n \n tb_cfg_request_sync+0x240/0x250 [thunderbolt]\n tb_cfg_read_raw+0x367/0x510 [thunderbolt]\n tb_cfg_read+0xec/0x240 [thunderbolt]\n tb_port_get_link_generation+0x258/0x420 [thunderbolt]\n tb_usb3_consumed_bandwidth+0x1c1/0x2c0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_tunnel_consumed_bandwidth+0xfd/0x910 [thunderbolt]\n tb_available_bandwidth+0x5f2/0xeb0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_recalc_estimated_bandwidth+0x2a0/0x1bc0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_handle_dp_bandwidth_request+0x1897/0x5e20 [thunderbolt]\n process_one_work+0x675/0x1230\n worker_thread+0x5e6/0xf70\n kthread+0x365/0x470\n ret_from_fork+0x54d/0x710\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n \n\n Allocated by task 1760:\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1ee/0x550\n tb_cfg_read_raw+0x1d3/0x510 [thunderbolt]\n tb_cfg_read+0xec/0x240 [thunderbolt]\n tb_port_get_link_generation+0x258/0x420 [thunderbolt]\n tb_usb3_consumed_bandwidth+0x1c1/0x2c0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_tunnel_consumed_bandwidth+0xfd/0x910 [thunderbolt]\n tb_available_bandwidth+0x5f2/0xeb0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_recalc_estimated_bandwidth+0x2a0/0x1bc0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_handle_dp_bandwidth_request+0x1897/0x5e20 [thunderbolt]\n process_one_work+0x675/0x1230\n worker_thread+0x5e6/0xf70\n kthread+0x365/0x470\n ret_from_fork+0x54d/0x710\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\n Freed by task 926:\n kfree+0x18f/0x4a0\n tb_cfg_request_put+0xb7/0xe0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_cfg_request_work+0x82/0x120 [thunderbolt]\n process_one_work+0x675/0x1230\n worker_thread+0x5e6/0xf70\n kthread+0x365/0x470\n ret_from_fork+0x54d/0x710\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\n Second to last potentially related work creation:\n __queue_work+0x575/0xd00\n queue_work_on+0x77/0x80\n tb_cfg_request_cancel+0xc7/0x260 [thunderbolt]\n tb_cfg_request_sync+0x1f6/0x250 [thunderbolt]\n tb_cfg_read_raw+0x367/0x510 [thunderbolt]\n tb_cfg_read+0xec/0x240 [thunderbolt]\n tb_port_get_link_generation+0x258/0x420 [thunderbolt]\n tb_usb3_consumed_bandwidth+0x1c1/0x2c0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_tunnel_consumed_bandwidth+0xfd/0x910 [thunderbolt]\n tb_available_bandwidth+0x5f2/0xeb0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_recalc_estimated_bandwidth+0x2a0/0x1bc0 [thunderbolt]\n tb_handle_dp_bandwidth_request+0x1897/0x5e20 [thunderbolt]\n process_one_work+0x675/0x1230\n worker_thread+0x5e6/0xf70\n kthread+0x365/0x470\n ret_from_fork+0x54d/0x710\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nThe last stack trace is helpful because it shows that we are cancelling\na request and looking at tb_cfg_request_cancel() what might happen is\nthat tb_cfg_request_work() completes right before tb_cfg_request_cancel()\nstarts and because of this it will call schedule_work() queueing the\nsame work to run again. However, it is already removed from the\nrequest_queue and reference count is dropped so when\ntb_cfg_request_work() triggers again it will access memory that is\nalready released.\n\nFix this so that we first make sure a cancelled request is not handed\naway from tb_cfg_request_find() or scheduled to run. Then instead of\nrelying on the worker to clean up the request we will do it in\ntb_cfg_request_cancel() after the work is canceled from running. Make\ntb_cfg_request_dequeue() release the request only if it was actually\nremoved from the queue." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "d7f781bfdbf4eb7c5706c9974b8bf6d3c82e69c1", "lessThan": "b70b9c41f240c42bf6e728034537c0fe60c16ef4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d7f781bfdbf4eb7c5706c9974b8bf6d3c82e69c1", "lessThan": "71b3c517e02af2c46ad58d4b3706b7c3cb24936d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d7f781bfdbf4eb7c5706c9974b8bf6d3c82e69c1", "lessThan": "f18faa3d3b810d60a3005ae1b1d1866faa67d343", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d7f781bfdbf4eb7c5706c9974b8bf6d3c82e69c1", "lessThan": "08287212b622039212c972806f896f078dfd28e2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d7f781bfdbf4eb7c5706c9974b8bf6d3c82e69c1", "lessThan": "a02188ddc24b7872f0c5e0c5873f827318717803", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.13", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.13", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.113", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.56", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.113" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.56" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70b9c41f240c42bf6e728034537c0fe60c16ef4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71b3c517e02af2c46ad58d4b3706b7c3cb24936d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f18faa3d3b810d60a3005ae1b1d1866faa67d343" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08287212b622039212c972806f896f078dfd28e2" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02188ddc24b7872f0c5e0c5873f827318717803" } ], "title": "thunderbolt: Fix KASAN reported use-after-free when request is canceled", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }