EUVD-2026-18708
GHSA-v535-7p5c-7xm9
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: fix use-after-free in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() by reordering teardown A potential race condition exists in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() where hwc->caller_ctx is freed before the HWC's Completion Queue (CQ) and Event Queue (EQ) are destroyed. This allows an in-flight CQ interrupt handler to dereference freed memory, leading to a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference in mana_hwc_handle_resp(). mana_smc_teardown_hwc() signals the hardware to stop but does not synchronize against IRQ handlers already executing on other CPUs. The IRQ synchronization only happens in mana_hwc_destroy_cq() via mana_gd_destroy_eq() -> mana_gd_deregister_irq(). Since this runs after kfree(hwc->caller_ctx), a concurrent mana_hwc_rx_event_handler() can dereference freed caller_ctx (and rxq->msg_buf) in mana_hwc_handle_resp(). Fix this by reordering teardown to reverse-of-creation order: destroy the TX/RX work queues and CQ/EQ before freeing hwc->caller_ctx. This ensures all in-flight interrupt handlers complete before the memory they access is freed.
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Use-after-free in Linux kernel MANA hardware channel teardown (net/mana driver) allows concurrent interrupt handlers to dereference freed memory in mana_hwc_destroy_channel(), potentially causing NULL pointer dereference or memory corruption. The vulnerability stems from improper teardown ordering where hwc->caller_ctx is freed before CQ/EQ IRQ handlers are fully synchronized, affecting all Linux kernel versions with the MANA driver. …
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