{"id":"CVE-2026-98415","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"soc: samsung: exynos-pmu: fix use-after-free of interrupt generator node","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsoc: samsung: exynos-pmu: fix use-after-free of interrupt generator node\n\nThe setup_cpuhp_and_cpuidle() parses the device tree node for the\ninterrupt generation block via of_parse_phandle() and decrements its\nreference count using of_node_put() immediately after fetching the resource\naddress. However, later the intr_gen_node pointer is passed into\nof_syscon_register_regmap().\n\nFix this by declaring intr_gen_node with __free() and removing\nof_node_put().","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T13:27:46.596Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:19:09.114Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"78b72897a5c8bb9d3b51fc6494a1eb09265487a4","status":"affected","lessThan":"4450102d6aa2a85b1d2d8610920fcbe45eb0ef69","versionType":"git"},{"version":"78b72897a5c8bb9d3b51fc6494a1eb09265487a4","status":"affected","lessThan":"164313e24cb0f51528bc2099c5564174ead11d8a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"78b72897a5c8bb9d3b51fc6494a1eb09265487a4","status":"affected","lessThan":"4dd1999783d7d12434006289338373e49492dc96","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.18","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.54","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.8","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4450102d6aa2a85b1d2d8610920fcbe45eb0ef69","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/164313e24cb0f51528bc2099c5564174ead11d8a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dd1999783d7d12434006289338373e49492dc96"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:43.249Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98415.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98415","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-14T13:27:46.596Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:19:09.114Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.347Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"soc: samsung: exynos-pmu: fix use-after-free of interrupt generator node","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsoc: samsung: exynos-pmu: fix use-after-free of interrupt generator node\n\nThe setup_cpuhp_and_cpuidle() parses the device tree node for the\ninterrupt generation block via of_parse_phandle() and decrements its\nreference count using of_node_put() immediately after fetching the resource\naddress. 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