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

thunderbolt: Don't access a DP tunnel after its DPRX read was canceled

tb_dp_dprx_work() checks ->dprx_canceled before it takes tb->lock so it
misses a tb_dp_dprx_stop() that could not cancel the already running
work. It then polls the DPRX capabilities and runs the callback for a
tunnel that has already been torn down while the domain is suspending or
going away.

This can be hit by cancelling the DPRX read from outside the ordered
tb->wq: During suspend tb_disconnect_and_release_dp() does just this and
with a later patch tb_stop() will do it as well. The latter in combination
with the Apple NHI where the DPRX read never completed is how I hit
this.

Check the flag with tb->lock held instead and check it again in
tb_dp_tunnel_active() because the callback runs after the lock has been
dropped again.

Also clear the flag in tb_dp_dprx_start() so that it only ever describes
the work that is currently in flight.
Published: 2026-10-18
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Don't access a DP tunnel after its DPRX read was canceled tb_dp_dprx_work() checks ->dprx_canceled before it takes tb->lock so it misses a tb_dp_dprx_stop() that could not cancel the already running work. It then polls the DPRX capabilities and runs the callback for a tunnel that has already been torn down while the domain is suspending or going away. This can be hit by cancelling the DPRX read from outside the ordered tb->wq: During suspend tb_disconnect_and_release_dp() does just this and with a later patch tb_stop() will do it as well. The latter in combination with the Apple NHI where the DPRX read never completed is how I hit this. Check the flag with tb->lock held instead and check it again in tb_dp_tunnel_active() because the callback runs after the lock has been dropped again. Also clear the flag in tb_dp_dprx_start() so that it only ever describes the work that is currently in flight.
Title thunderbolt: Don't access a DP tunnel after its DPRX read was canceled
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-18T15:46:04.217Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.364Z

Link: CVE-2026-98689

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:22.317

Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:22.317

Link: CVE-2026-98689

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