{"cve":"CVE-2026-98094","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:39.133","modified":"2026-10-23T18:55:31.727","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: fbtft: make dirty_lock IRQ-safe\n\nfbtft_mkdirty() can be reached from the fbcon rendering path while\nprocessing printk() in hardirq context. Meanwhile, dirty_lock is also\ntaken by fbtft_deferred_io() in workqueue context with local interrupts\nenabled.\n\nLockdep reports a possible IRQ lock inversion involving dirty_lock and\nconsole_owner. A hardirq can interrupt a CPU holding dirty_lock and\nenter the console rendering path, which can attempt to acquire\ndirty_lock again.\n\nThe following lockdep report was observed on an RK3566 system with\nCONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING enabled:\n\n  WARNING: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected\n  swapper/2/0 just changed the state of lock:\n  (console_owner){-...}-{0:0}\n  but this lock took another, HARDIRQ-unsafe lock in the past:\n  (&par->dirty_lock){+.+.}-{2:2}\n\n  CPU0                    CPU1\n  ----                    ----\n  lock(&par->dirty_lock);\n                         local_irq_disable();\n                         lock(console_owner);\n                         lock(&par->dirty_lock);\n  <Interrupt>\n    lock(console_owner);\n\n  *** DEADLOCK ***\n\nUse spin_lock_irqsave() for fbtft_mkdirty() and spin_lock_irq() for\nfbtft_deferred_io(). They only access the dirty line range, so the\nIRQ-off regions remain short.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0843298b159599ee7bc6d14800efdb4bc7349706","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10cc145b873670438d3b105133dffdae70822db6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a609e29efbba79f9abd68c4ec8a2bd7ecf291e7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a323066337ed85c38decfc7f6bbf42f27605dff1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb48fde8003492256dee45815144aa5ed26ce7c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-24T16:53:35.584907681+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98094","score":0.00095,"percentile":0.00598,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}