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CVE-2026-98691

Linux: thunderbolt: Tear down inactive DP tunnels when the domain is stopped

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in34a6e27c954e5bfc29fead17867c7155d54b6481Also 0b457c6733f73421a3fb03786f13d67c618b5119CVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 34a6e27c954e5bfc29fead17867c7155d54b6481LinuxCVE List
  • 0b457c6733f73421a3fb03786f13d67c618b5119LinuxCVE List

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Description

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

thunderbolt: Tear down inactive DP tunnels when the domain is stopped

tb_stop() only tears down DMA tunnels so a DP tunnel that is still waiting for dprx_work to complete keeps that work queued while the routers are removed and the control channel is stopped. The work only stops once the DPRX timeout has passed and because it requeues itself until then the flush_workqueue() in tb_domain_remove() won't wait for its final run. The callback then runs against a domain that is already torn down. A reference to that domain is kept so the completion waiting for that domain to disappear in unbind will block until the timeout is eventually reached.

Tear down DP tunnels that are not active yet as well which also cancels that work. Tunnels for displays that are already alive are untouched and keep working.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: d6d458d42e1e1544a18f37f1d5c840e00d5261b9 before 34a6e27c954e5bfc29fead17867c7155d54b6481CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: d6d458d42e1e1544a18f37f1d5c840e00d5261b9 before cbd2abb85ea32cafdcbaba218e13b18d8ed79bfaCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: d6d458d42e1e1544a18f37f1d5c840e00d5261b9 before 0b457c6733f73421a3fb03786f13d67c618b5119CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.14CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.14CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.56 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.10 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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