CVE-2026-93091

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Quiesce notifications before teardown scmi_notification_exit() clears and releases the notification instance, but transport callbacks can still deliver incoming notifications until the TX/RX channels are freed. During remove, an RX interrupt in that window can enter scmi_notify() while notification state is being torn down and then dereference freed memory. The same ordering exists on the probe error path after notification initialization. The notification late-init worker has a separate lifetime issue: protocol event registration queues ni->init_work on the system workqueue, so destroying ni->notify_wq does not drain that work. If the devres group is released while init_work is still pending or running, the late-init worker can dereference the freed notification instance. Quiesce the notification core before TX/RX channels are torn down, then clean up the channels before releasing the notification core resources. Use disable_work_sync() so future late-init queueing is rejected and any already queued or running late-init work has completed before channel teardown starts.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:18:03.063000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:16:58.883000

View original CVE JSON

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  "id": "CVE-2026-93091",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:18:03.063",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:16:58.883",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware: arm_scmi: Quiesce notifications before teardown\n\nscmi_notification_exit() clears and releases the notification instance,\nbut transport callbacks can still deliver incoming notifications until\nthe TX/RX channels are freed. During remove, an RX interrupt in that\nwindow can enter scmi_notify() while notification state is being torn\ndown and then dereference freed memory. The same ordering exists on the\nprobe error path after notification initialization.\n\nThe notification late-init worker has a separate lifetime issue: protocol\nevent registration queues ni->init_work on the system workqueue, so\ndestroying ni->notify_wq does not drain that work. If the devres group is\nreleased while init_work is still pending or running, the late-init worker\ncan dereference the freed notification instance.\n\nQuiesce the notification core before TX/RX channels are torn down, then\nclean up the channels before releasing the notification core resources.\nUse disable_work_sync() so future late-init queueing is rejected and any\nalready queued or running late-init work has completed before channel\nteardown starts."
    }
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