CVE-2026-98243: dma-buf/dma-fence: fix checking signaling bit for timeline and driver name v3

Published Oct 6, 2026
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Updated

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

dma-buf/dma-fence: fix checking signaling bit for timeline and driver name v3

The patch "dma-buf: dma-fence: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference" changed the check to test for the ops pointer instead of the signaled bit to avoid a potential NULL dereference when the ops pointer has been cleared.

The problem is now that the ops pointer is cleared only when neither the release nor the wait callback is implemented and this isn't true for a lot of dmafence implementations yet. So those implementations lost the RCU protection after signaling of the returned string resulting in potential use after free.

Add the signaling check additional to the ops pointer check so that we have both the protection against NULL dereference as well as the RCU protection after signaling for the returned string.

v2: improve comments to note RCU protection and explain why we check both signaling state and ops pointer v3: some comment improvements suggested by Philip

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Linux kernel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch dma-buf: dma-fence: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

Event History

Oct 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:45 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:45 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 AM
Description

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