CVE-2026-90284EPSS p10.2%
CVE-2026-90284CVE-2026-90284
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
firmware_loader: do not queue completed sysfs fallback requests
fw_load_sysfs_fallback() calls device_add() before adding the fw_priv to
pending_fw_head. device_add() publishes the fallback loading interface, so
a userspace helper which discovers the device by scanning sysfs can write 0
to the loading attribute and complete the request before it is queued as
pending.
In that interleaving firmware_loading_store() calls fw_state_done() while
pending_list still points to itself, so it cannot remove an entry from
pending_fw_head. The subsequent unconditional list_add() then queues an
already-completed fw_priv. Once the request is released, pending_fw_head
can retain a pointer to freed memory and the next fallback request can
fault while validating the list.
Only in-flight fallback requests need suspend or reboot abort handling. If
the request is already DONE after device_add(), return success from the
fallback path wit
Scoring
| EPSS | 0.21% probability of exploitation · percentile 10.2% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-17 |