CVE-2026-98841

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The IRQ is also requested with IRQF_SHARED,\nso another device sharing the line can trigger the handler just as\nearly. The handler then calls vmgenid_notify(), which dereferences the\nstill-NULL driver_data and panics:\n\n Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.38+ #1 PREEMPT(none)\n Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\n pc : vmgenid_notify.isra.0+0x24/0x8c\n lr : vmgenid_of_irq_handler+0x14/0x34\n Call trace:\n vmgenid_notify.isra.0+0x24/0x8c (P)\n vmgenid_of_irq_handler+0x14/0x34\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x44/0x1bc\n handle_irq_event+0x4c/0xb4\n handle_fasteoi_irq+0xf8/0x1f8\n\nThe ACPI path has the same ordering problem: the handler is installed\nwith acpi_install_notify_handler() before driver_data is assigned.\nACPI notifications are dispatched asynchronously from a workqueue, so\nthe window is narrow, but a notification arriving between the two calls\nhits the same NULL dereference.\n\nAssign driver_data before registering the handlers. The state is fully\ninitialized at that point, so the handlers are safe to run. Should\nregistration fail, the probe error path leaves no dangling pointer\nbehind: the driver core clears driver_data in device_unbind_cleanup()."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/virt/vmgenid.c"], "versions": [{"version": "e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748", "lessThan": "538fe5efaa9704ad820ba34b4f9df135ca873d79", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748", "lessThan": "7a1e8daeaa466c6aaffa223e1afe9cfeece0dd47", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748", "lessThan": "8f42954ad8bf9bdbf574f2c437ad30cb2601f401", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748", "lessThan": "9f8139c6145cf17d690d6c414d43b4c0bef632fb", "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/virt/vmgenid.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.10", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "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": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.113"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.56"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.10"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/538fe5efaa9704ad820ba34b4f9df135ca873d79"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a1e8daeaa466c6aaffa223e1afe9cfeece0dd47"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f42954ad8bf9bdbf574f2c437ad30cb2601f401"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8139c6145cf17d690d6c414d43b4c0bef632fb"}], "title": "virt: vmgenid: set driver_data before registering notification handlers", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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