CVE-2026-98896

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Keep the domain reference while processing hotplug We process hotplug events in a workqueue that may run after the domain has been removed by tb_domain_remove(). For example if user unloads the driver while at the same time plugging a device router we may have scheduled tb_handle_hotplug() to run. Avoid possible UAF in this case by taking the domain reference before scheduling the hotplug handler in tb_queue_hotplug().

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-10-23

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04df2985159e381c88a923fae1bec2f8d0272412
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06b2e894e640f6a3dbeb536a2d26d72426b26a46
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a87af3b1e3aa2e09d160848daf0c39e765b73de
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/138ec65b2c761f065b19d115aed2b8246fc272f5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d991f749a8255ee2ecc6307e2f27354ab631827

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