CVE-2026-98690

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98690
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98690.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98690
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:46:13Z
Modified
2026-10-20T02:30:49Z
Summary
thunderbolt: Fix domain reference leak when DPRX read is canceled
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98690.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
d6d458d42e1e1544a18f37f1d5c840e00d5261b9
Fixed
2f5893172fc6153f5f1ef34014ddbfcbf1f47f29
Fixed
7739b02129b2248f9a8054cfda924fa253f66a88
Fixed
1fd1f67c94d30889377bba774f032ec15e8b9299

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98690.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.14.0
Fixed
6.18.56
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.10

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98690.json"