CVE-2026-98690

thunderbolt: Fix domain reference leak when DPRX read is canceled

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 18, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thunderbolt: Fix domain reference leak when DPRX read is canceled

tb_tunnel_one_dp() takes a domain reference which is only dropped once tb_dp_tunnel_active() has run on the work queue. If that work is cancelled that reference is leaked. Since commit f5cc545f5969 ("thunderbolt: Wait for tb_domain_release() to complete when driver is removed") instead of just leaking memory this now also blocks in the completion wait forever when unbinding the driver.

This can be triggered whenever a DP tunnel is torn down before the DPRX read has completed, e.g. by unplugging within the timeout, and then unbinding the driver.

That reference only exists to keep the domain around while the DPRX work is scheduled so let the work itself own it: take it in tb_dp_dprx_start() and drop it in both places that end the work. Get/put are then paired inside the same file and it doesn't matter anymore if the callback ever runs.

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Weaknesses

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Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • d6d458d42e1e1544a18f37f1d5c840e00d5261b9 to before 2f5893172fc6153f5f1ef34014ddbfcbf1f47f29Affected
  • d6d458d42e1e1544a18f37f1d5c840e00d5261b9 to before 7739b02129b2248f9a8054cfda924fa253f66a88Affected
  • d6d458d42e1e1544a18f37f1d5c840e00d5261b9 to before 1fd1f67c94d30889377bba774f032ec15e8b9299Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.14Affected
  • before 6.14Not affected
  • 6.18.56 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.10 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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