Linux kernel xilinx-xadc driver can run work after unbind
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
The Linux kernel IIO driver for the Xilinx XADC ADC on ZYNQ has a teardown ordering flaw. Its alarm interrupt handler can queue the unmask work after the work queue is cleared during unbind, so the work can run after the driver structure has been freed. An in-house static analysis tool found the flaw. The CISA KEV catalog does not list it, and the references contain no exploit link.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: xilinx-xadc: free IRQ before cancelling the unmask worker on unbind The ZYNQ XADC alarm IRQ handler queues zynq_unmask_work via schedule_delayed_work(); that work is cleared by a devm callback. Register the devm callback before devm_request_irq() so the devres LIFO teardown frees the IRQ first, ensuring the handler can no longer queue work by the time the workqueue is cleared. Otherwise the handler could re-arm the work and run it after the xadc structure has been freed. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Linux kernel 5.11 contains the fix, as do the stable releases 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10 and 7.3. Kernels from 5.10.200 before 5.11 and from 5.12 onward are affected until they include the fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.11
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10, 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
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98670
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-pfxr-v75f-fxq3
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@012451d72c12293918617ff98cc737bedad21910, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@7958959ab2a906c04f783a3ffb979c45472ad647 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7958959ab2a906c04f783a3ffb979c45472ad647
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/012451d72c12293918617ff98cc737bedad21910
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a29d385ad7b340c952a3935af2b33488db1eb3a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5fe2d1b55faba6d00fd87ad491b6cb603046304
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49ea8a359e362bfbb32a647c8eb7962fbb37234e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f3f427076240e75ff265e61645627a71ca4918c
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98670 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98670 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pfxr-v75f-fxq3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98670 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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