Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Use managed KMS polling to fix UAF on unbind vc4_kms_load() calls drm_kms_helper_poll_init() but the driver provides no matching drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(). The output poll work stays scheduled after unbind and runs on the freed drm_device: # modprobe vc4; rmmod vc4; sleep 10 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in delayed_work_timer_fn BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in drm_client_dev_hotplug [drm] Workqueue: events output_poll_execute [drm_kms_helper] Allocated by task 171: __devm_drm_dev_alloc Freed by task 262 (rmmod): drm_dev_put / component_del Use drmm_kms_helper_poll_init() so polling is finalized with the device, as other drivers do.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund5 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3743

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-98221CVE-2026-98181CVE-2026-98248+204 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/073a30d75f309812ed61af134f24ffef4107b13a
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9780df677370a19b4ec9764f13b1b82073e0d9
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6beee927e7f4e3142032ff91b2d0417cdddc0f6
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf0c4432bda37b02e7d430ff5017228ceb7caf0c
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee507691c18f9fee5d4751e295ab9a7ff31d59ae