CVE-2026-31594 PUBLISHED

PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Remove duplicate resource teardown

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 24.04.2026 Updated: 24.04.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: Remove duplicate resource teardown

epf_ntb_epc_destroy() duplicates the teardown that the caller is supposed to perform later. This leads to an oops when .allow_link fails or when .drop_link is performed. The following is an example oops of the former case:

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address dead000000000108 [...] [dead000000000108] address between user and kernel address ranges Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000044 [#1] SMP [...] Call trace: pci_epc_remove_epf+0x78/0xe0 (P) pci_primary_epc_epf_link+0x88/0xa8 configfs_symlink+0x1f4/0x5a0 vfs_symlink+0x134/0x1d8 do_symlinkat+0x88/0x138 __arm64_sys_symlinkat+0x74/0xe0 [...]

Remove the helper, and drop pci_epc_put(). EPC device refcounting is tied to the configfs EPC group lifetime, and pci_epc_put() in the .drop_link path is sufficient.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to cec9ead73ab154a7953f6ab8dd5127e0d6bbf95a (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 478e776101592eb63298714e96823ef78a3295ec (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to a7a3cab4d33fd8a8aed864c447d0d7c99e85404e (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 6.18.24 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.14 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.1 to 7.0.* (incl.)

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