rpmsg: glink: fix deadlock in endpoint destroy during driver detach
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
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpmsg: glink: fix deadlock in endpoint destroy during driver detach During driver detach, the device core holds the device mutex throughout the driver's remove callback chain. When the rpmsg endpoint is destroyed as part of that teardown, the GLINK endpoint destroy implementation attempts to unregister the underlying rpmsg device. That unregistration calls device_del(), which tries to re-acquire the same device mutex already held higher up the stack, causing rmmod to hang indefinitely. The deadlock manifests with the following call chain: [<0>] device_del+0x44/0x414 <- tries to acquire same mutex [<0>] device_unregister+0x18/0x34 [<0>] rpmsg_unregister_device+0x28/0x4c [<0>] qcom_glink_remove_rpmsg_device+0x70/0xc0 [<0>] qcom_glink_destroy_ept+0x58/0xbc [<0>] rpmsg_dev_remove+0x50/0x60 [<0>] device_remove+0x4c/0x80 [<0>] device_release_driver_internal+0x1cc/0x228 <- acquires device mutex [<0>] driver_detach+0x4c/0x98 [<0>] bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc [<0>] driver_unregister+0x30/0x60 [<0>] unregister_rpmsg_driver+0x10/0x1c [<0>] fastrpc_exit+0x28/0x38 [fastrpc] [<0>] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x1b8/0x294 [<0>] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x10c [<0>] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0 [<0>] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [<0>] el0_svc+0x34/0x108 [<0>] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4 [<0>] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c The rpmsg device unregistration inside endpoint destroy is redundant. In both contexts where endpoint destruction is triggered: - Driver detach path: the driver core already tears down the rpmsg device. - Channel close path: the rpmsg device is already unregistered before endpoint destruction is reached. Remove the redundant unregistration to fix the deadlock.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 5.10.248 to before 5.10.270; 5.15.198 to before 5.15.221; 6.1.160 to before 6.1.188; 6.6.120 to before 6.6.157; 6.12.64 to before 6.12.110; 6.18.3 to before 6.18.52 | 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 6.19 and later | 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.10.248 to before 5.10.270; 5.15.198 to before 5.15.221; 6.1.160 to before 6.1.188; 6.6.120 to before 6.6.157; 6.12.64 to before 6.12.110; 6.18.3 to before 6.18.52 Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.19 and later Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- 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-2026-93098
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rmpv-cfqv-cmjx
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73092c2292aa65515671e54abbcda2166d3827ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc236357876d35a624030e5c50eedbc380be98e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8597f669a5268e0dcf243e2b2d6ca00370117057
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48f55b90f0d713e477e26b85d7327d9592d016f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbcdf96e1c87bc07055d04264018ded1f3bafffb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecad679e2b92c419cc22cc8f257cd457d5192647
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e559626bee8a6632aafc08eedcdb4bf26ca245c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5a48e788e02fd8a8eb7188ce440572d6c12418
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93098 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93098 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rmpv-cfqv-cmjx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93098 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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