CVE-2026-98486

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98486
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98486.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98486
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:16:03Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:45:50Z
Summary
net: ena: fix MMIO read buffer leak on probe failure
Details

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

net: ena: fix MMIO read buffer leak on probe failure

ena_device_init() initializes the MMIO read mechanism with ena_com_mmio_reg_read_request_init(), which allocates a coherent DMA buffer for MMIO read responses.

The normal removal path releases this buffer through ena_com_mmio_reg_read_request_destroy(). However, if ena_probe() fails after ena_device_init() succeeds, the error path destroys the admin resources and eventually frees ena_dev without destroying the MMIO read request, leaving the coherent DMA buffer allocated.

Call ena_com_mmio_reg_read_request_destroy() in the probe error path before releasing the remaining device resources.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Database specific
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    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98486.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
1738cd3ed342294360d6a74d4e58800004bff854
Fixed
7bd3e9a2d0c288e54f51df260d9433163f5fbc1e
Fixed
30ff01b4c7e419bb70f40f01dcd7f6af680808b3
Fixed
47785f9f638b064ce6e32e8e3b6f1ffd83849fc2
Fixed
9476b4468862927297c94c440863cd8ed1e7cc83

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98486.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.9.0
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98486.json"