CVE-2026-98429 json
RDMA/efa: Keep EQ resources alive while IRQ is registered
published 28d ago modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-101078
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/efa: Keep EQ resources alive while IRQ is registered
The completion IRQ handler accesses the EQ state and DMA buffer. Its IRQ was registered before that state was initialized, while teardown released the buffer before free_irq() synchronized the handler.
Initialize the EQ without arming it, register the IRQ, and then arm it. Reverse the resource order during teardown by freeing the IRQ before destroying the EQ.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.8-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.113-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98429
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98429
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.11-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12165-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-108149
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cd652dfcd822af26ba75d6d2d245ea7f73b499e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c767e2812cac83fef70fb8932c3f0fe97dff9388 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/795eb34bfd8b1ab347adc41a11e4bb97c3ac0ce6 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/38871ff47e2a02f8d9a333a65f358d987247b5b0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ecd3dcbdf1f315aadc049b291f59c79dc478062 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e22a3627b7151754f07f90ea3d1ab6e85f5d93f4 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98429 updated cvss 7.0
kernel: RDMA/efa: Keep EQ resources alive while IRQ is registered
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/3cd652dfcd822af26ba75d6d2d245ea7f73b499e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c767e2812cac83fef70fb8932c3f0fe97dff9388
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/795eb34bfd8b1ab347adc41a11e4bb97c3ac0ce6
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/38871ff47e2a02f8d9a333a65f358d987247b5b0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9ecd3dcbdf1f315aadc049b291f59c79dc478062
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e22a3627b7151754f07f90ea3d1ab6e85f5d93f4
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98429
- NVD CVE-2026-98429
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