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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23454

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23454 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.199999809265137 CRITICAL

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: fix use-after-free in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() by reordering teardown A potential race condition exists in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() where hwc->caller_ctx is freed before the HWC's Completion Queue (CQ) and Event Queue (EQ) are destroyed. This allows an in-flight CQ interrupt handler to dereference freed memory, leading to a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference in mana_hwc_handle_resp(). mana_smc_teardown_hwc() signals the hardware to stop but does not synchronize against IRQ handlers already executing on other CPUs. The IRQ synchronization only happens in mana_hwc_destroy_cq() via mana_gd_destroy_eq() -> mana_gd_deregister_irq(). Since this runs after kfree(hwc->caller_ctx), a concurrent mana_hwc_rx_event_handler() can dereference freed caller_ctx (and rxq->msg_buf) in mana_hwc_handle_resp(). Fix this by reordering teardown to reverse-of-creation order: destroy the TX/RX work queues and CQ/EQ before freeing hwc->caller_ctx. This ensures all in-flight interrupt handlers complete before the memory they access is freed.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
9.199999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux6.6.9-1, 6.11.9-1, 6.12.12-1
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.158-1, 6.1.159-1, 6.1.162-1
Debian:13linux0, 6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1
Debian:14linux6.17.7-1, 6.17.7-2, 6.17.8-1~bpo13+1

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Apr 3, 2026 CVE Published
  • May 2, 2026 CVE Updated
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