CVE-2026-68318
pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
In pdsc_remove(), the workqueue is destroyed before pdsc_teardown() is called. This ordering allows two paths to queue work on the destroyed workqueue:
1. If pdsc_teardown() -> pdsc_devcmd_reset() times out, the error path in pdsc_devcmd_locked() queues health_work.
2. A NotifyQ event can trigger the ISR and queue work before free_irq() is called in pdsc_teardown().
Fix by moving destroy_workqueue() after pdsc_teardown() so the workqueue outlives every queuer; destroy_workqueue() then flushes any work still pending.
Draining the queued work also requires ordering the teardown so the resources that work touches are freed last:
- In pdsc_qcq_free(), after freeing the interrupt, cancel_work_sync() the queue's work and only then clear qcq->intx, so pdsc_process_adminq()'s read of qcq->intx for interrupt-credit return cannot race with the clear.
- Free adminqcq before notifyqcq: the shared adminq ISR is released when adminqcq is freed, and the adminq work accesses notifyqcq, so both must be stopped before notifyqcq is freed.
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Weaknesses
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Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bac237c2aedb8225bfd2317c1361bbfce1e419ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/224214eb4182ff20a665b615a90b66017539dd75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e0f80fac50ab95dd75537c8ecaf5051d01f19b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecc7a7d7569ec1d6a61e18372696b9de97635156
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ad134881508c36b65c1a8864f8bec53adbd3327
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