CVE-2026-93260

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93260
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93260.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-93260
Downstream
Published
2026-09-24T15:51:46Z
Modified
2026-09-25T03:48:53Z
Summary
powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free
Details

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

powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free

When xive_init_ipis() fails (e.g. irq_domain_alloc_irqs() fails), the error path frees the global xive_ipis array. However, xive_smp_probe() previously ignored this failure and proceeded to call xive_setup_cpu_ipi(), which dereferences the already-freed xive_ipis pointer -- a use-after-free.

Now that xive_smp_probe() returns int (previous patch), propagate the error from xive_init_ipis() and xive_setup_cpu_ipi() through xive_smp_probe(). Check the return value in both pnv_smp_probe() and pSeries_smp_probe() so that IPI setup is aborted cleanly on failure, avoiding the use-after-free.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93260.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
243e25112d06b348f087a6f7aba4bbc288285bdd
Fixed
c554a8d376d5aea1b237ed6bef6f9fbfc550e67f
Fixed
411a3c016e7a95f5fa105a0587e07d0647a77727

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93260.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.12.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-93260.json"