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net/dibs: Correct freeing of dmb_clientid_arr

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/dibs: Correct freeing of dmb_clientid_arr A dibs device interrupt handler can be active after dibs_dev_del() and may still access dmb_clientid_arr. (UAF) In case of a failure in dibs_dev_add() being called by dibs_lo_dev_probe() dmb_clientid_arr is freed twice (double free). Free dmb_clientid_arr in dibs_dev_release() after last reference is gone. Note that allocating in dibs_dev_add() instead of dibs_dev_alloc() is ok for now, because no dmbs can be registered before dibs_dev_add().

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.45, 7.1.9
CVEs
CVE-2026-74629
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 04:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

net/dibs: Correct freeing of dmb_clientid_arr

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Aug 2026, 15:32 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/dibs: Correct freeing of dmb_clientid_arr A dibs device interrupt handler can be active after dibs_dev_del() and may still access dmb_clientid_arr. (UAF) In case of a failure in dibs_dev_add() being called by dibs_lo_dev_probe() dmb_clientid_arr is freed twice (double free). Free dmb_clientid_arr in dibs_dev_release() after last reference is gone. Note that allocating in dibs_dev_add() instead of dibs_dev_alloc() is ok for now, because no dmbs can be registered before dibs_dev_add().

osv:CVE-2026-74629

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.45, 7.1.9

Complete source record
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