CVE-2026-98020
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pds_core: fix cmd_regs access racing BAR unmap on reset pdsc_reset_prepare() and pdsc_reset_done()'s pdsc_map_bars() error path clear/iounmap cmd_regs without devcmd_lock, and pdsc_legacy_firmware_update()'s download loop derefs cmd_regs after dropping and retaking the lock without re-checking. An FLR concurrent with a devlink flash can unmap cmd_regs under an in-flight devcmd, causing a NULL deref or a write to unmapped MMIO. Take devcmd_lock across the BAR unmap/remap, and re-check cmd_regs in the download loop. Only the PF maps cmd_regs and runs devcmd, so skip the unmap on a VF, as pdsc_remove() and pdsc_reset_done() already do. A reset that completes entirely within the unlocked window is not a correctness problem for the image: the device clears its update session, so a resumed download is rejected, and it verifies the staged image before writing a flash slot, reporting PDS_RC_BAD_FW rather than activating it. pdsc_unmap_bars() also clears info_regs, intr_status and intr_ctrl. The interrupt and start/stop readers of those are quiesced before the unmap by pdsc_fw_down(), which frees the interrupts and tears down the queues. The debugfs readers are not, since those files outlive a reset; that is pre-existing and out of scope here.
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"id": "CVE-2026-98020",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-09-25T11:17:30.480",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:55.857",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
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"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npds_core: fix cmd_regs access racing BAR unmap on reset\n\npdsc_reset_prepare() and pdsc_reset_done()'s pdsc_map_bars() error path\nclear/iounmap cmd_regs without devcmd_lock, and\npdsc_legacy_firmware_update()'s download loop derefs cmd_regs after\ndropping and retaking the lock without re-checking. An FLR concurrent\nwith a devlink flash can unmap cmd_regs under an in-flight devcmd,\ncausing a NULL deref or a write to unmapped MMIO.\n\nTake devcmd_lock across the BAR unmap/remap, and re-check cmd_regs in\nthe download loop. Only the PF maps cmd_regs and runs devcmd, so skip\nthe unmap on a VF, as pdsc_remove() and pdsc_reset_done() already do.\n\nA reset that completes entirely within the unlocked window is not a\ncorrectness problem for the image: the device clears its update session,\nso a resumed download is rejected, and it verifies the staged image\nbefore writing a flash slot, reporting PDS_RC_BAD_FW rather than\nactivating it.\n\npdsc_unmap_bars() also clears info_regs, intr_status and intr_ctrl. The\ninterrupt and start/stop readers of those are quiesced before the unmap\nby pdsc_fw_down(), which frees the interrupts and tears down the queues.\nThe debugfs readers are not, since those files outlive a reset; that is\npre-existing and out of scope here."
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