CVE-2026-98211 PUBLISHED

mmc: mmci: Fix use-after-free in busy-timeout work

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

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

mmc: mmci: Fix use-after-free in busy-timeout work

ux500_busy_complete() can queue ux500_busy_timeout_work for an R1b command, but mmci_remove() never cancels it. The work can subsequently dereference the devm-allocated mmci_host after it has been released.

Mask the controller interrupts and disable the delayed work during removal. This drains any queued instance and stops an IRQ handler that is still in progress from queueing the work again once it has been disabled.

This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from b1a665932dc23cad0b8af2745cd9713f9e930d63 to af6fbf72e899932f330c4e5d0b84d985c922c633 (excl.)
  • affected from b1a665932dc23cad0b8af2745cd9713f9e930d63 to 7fecf79f31568de161be14911db10d1251617b01 (excl.)
  • affected from b1a665932dc23cad0b8af2745cd9713f9e930d63 to 432b98c1f5daecf04a33c8e1688d26e7ac221e23 (excl.)
  • affected from b1a665932dc23cad0b8af2745cd9713f9e930d63 to 2b19cf3e50cddaff07b657dae1a8f30f06032852 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.54 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.8 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc4 to * (incl.)

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