#VU124916 Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23454
Published: April 6, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU124916
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23454
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() when tearing down hardware channels while interrupt handlers are still executing. A local attacker can trigger concurrent channel teardown and interrupt handling to cause a denial of service.
The issue is caused by a race condition where caller_ctx may be freed before the completion queue and event queue are destroyed, which can lead to a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference in mana_hwc_handle_resp().
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05d345719d85b927cba74afac4d5322de3aa4256
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/249e905571583a434d4ea8d6f92ccc0eef337115
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b001901f689021acd7bf2dceed74a1bdcaaa1f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afdb1533eb9c05432aeb793a7280fa827c502f5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e23bf444512cb85d76012080a76cd1f9e967448e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa103fc8f56954a60699a29215cb713448a39e87