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"cveId": "CVE-2026-93260",
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"state": "PUBLISHED",
"assignerShortName": "Linux",
"dateReserved": "2026-09-17T16:02:15.097Z",
"datePublished": "2026-09-24T15:51:46.703Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:36:35.383Z"
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free\n\nWhen xive_init_ipis() fails (e.g. irq_domain_alloc_irqs() fails),\nthe error path frees the global xive_ipis array. However,\nxive_smp_probe() previously ignored this failure and proceeded to\ncall xive_setup_cpu_ipi(), which dereferences the already-freed\nxive_ipis pointer -- a use-after-free.\n\nNow that xive_smp_probe() returns int (previous patch), propagate\nthe error from xive_init_ipis() and xive_setup_cpu_ipi() through\nxive_smp_probe(). Check the return value in both pnv_smp_probe()\nand pSeries_smp_probe() so that IPI setup is aborted cleanly on\nfailure, avoiding the use-after-free."
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"value": "AV:L - The UAF is in xive_setup_cpu_ipi() after xive_init_ipis() kfree's xive_ipis, reached only from kernel_init_freeable()->smp_prepare_cpus()->pnv_smp_probe()/pSeries_smp_probe()->xive_smp_probe(); no protocol message or received packet supplies the trigger.\nAC:H - The free-then-use fires only when irq_domain_alloc_irqs() fails in xive_init_ipis()'s for_each_node loop (irq_desc ENOMEM/ENOSPC), after which kfree(xive_ipis) runs; that allocator failure during early SMP probe cannot be induced on demand.\nPR:N - xive_smp_probe() runs as swapper/0 from smp_prepare_cpus() in kernel_init_freeable() before userspace, with no capable() or credential check on pnv_smp_probe() or pSeries_smp_probe().\nUI:N - SMP IPI probe is invoked unconditionally by smp_prepare_cpus() during ordinary boot once xive_core_init() has set __xive_enabled; no victim mount, file open, or other interactive step is required.\nS:U - The dangling xive_ipis dereference corrupts heap in the same Linux instance that runs XIVE (PowerNV host or pSeries guest); it is not a KVM/Xen guest-to-host escape or an IOMMU/DMA boundary bypass.\nC:H - After kfree(xive_ipis) without NULLing, xive_ipi_cpu_to_irq() and xive_request_ipi() read xid->irq and xid->name from the freed xive_ipi_desc array; that heap use-after-free can disclose whatever reclaimed the slab.\nI:H - xive_request_ipi() then atomic_inc_return(&xid->started) on the freed descriptor and request_irq(xid->irq, xive_muxed_ipi_action) using the UAF-read virq, a write-after-free of the xive_ipi_desc slab that can corrupt a reused object and install a handler on the wrong irq.\nA:H - Dereferencing the kfree'd xive_ipis pointer in xive_setup_cpu_ipi() during xive_smp_probe() oopses or panics the kernel while bringing up SMP, so the machine fails to boot."
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