pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove In pdsc_remove(), the workqueue is destroyed before pdsc_teardown() is called. This ordering allows two paths to queue work on the destroyed workqueue: 1. If pdsc_teardown() -> pdsc_devcmd_reset() times out, the error path in pdsc_devcmd_locked() queues health_work. 2. A NotifyQ event can trigger the ISR and queue work before free_irq() is called in pdsc_teardown(). Fix by moving destroy_workqueue() after pdsc_teardown() so the workqueue outlives every queuer; destroy_workqueue() then flushes any work still pending. Draining the queued work also requires ordering the teardown so the resources that work touches are freed last: - In pdsc_qcq_free(), after freeing the interrupt, cancel_work_sync() the queue's work and only then clear qcq->intx, so pdsc_process_adminq()'s read of qcq->intx for interrupt-credit return cannot race with the clear. - Free adminqcq before notifyqcq: the shared adminq ISR is released when adminqcq is freed, and the adminq work accesses notifyqcq, so both must be stopped before notifyqcq is freed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68318
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q3gg-v595-rj52
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@bac237c2aedb8225bfd2317c1361bbfce1e419ca · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bac237c2aedb8225bfd2317c1361bbfce1e419ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/224214eb4182ff20a665b615a90b66017539dd75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e0f80fac50ab95dd75537c8ecaf5051d01f19b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecc7a7d7569ec1d6a61e18372696b9de97635156
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ad134881508c36b65c1a8864f8bec53adbd3327
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68318 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68318 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q3gg-v595-rj52 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68318 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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