CVE-2026-46060 PUBLISHED

crypto: qat - fix IRQ cleanup on 6xxx probe failure

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

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

crypto: qat - fix IRQ cleanup on 6xxx probe failure

When adf_dev_up() partially completes and then fails, the IRQ handlers registered during adf_isr_resource_alloc() are not detached before the MSI-X vectors are released.

Since the device is enabled with pcim_enable_device(), calling pci_alloc_irq_vectors() internally registers pcim_msi_release() as a devres action. On probe failure, devres runs pcim_msi_release() which calls pci_free_irq_vectors(), tearing down the MSI-X vectors while IRQ handlers (for example 'qat0-bundle0') are still attached. This causes remove_proc_entry() warnings:

<pre>[ 22.163964] remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/143', leaking at least 'qat0-bundle0' </pre>

Moving the devm_add_action_or_reset() before adf_dev_up() does not solve the problem since devres runs in LIFO order and pcim_msi_release(), registered later inside adf_dev_up(), would still fire before adf_device_down().

Fix by calling adf_dev_down() explicitly when adf_dev_up() fails, to properly free IRQ handlers before devres releases the MSI-X vectors.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 17fd7514ae68c541bf952876ce2005cb4a53f283 to 27f561bf894e46bdc2d6209c50884adad79d8277 (excl.)
  • affected from 17fd7514ae68c541bf952876ce2005cb4a53f283 to 7cd651f1357dcc477e6483c3a4706836b46bdc92 (excl.)
  • affected from 17fd7514ae68c541bf952876ce2005cb4a53f283 to 95aed2af87ec43fa7624cc81dd13d37824ad4972 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.16 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.27 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.4 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1-rc1 to * (incl.)

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