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CVE-2026-98903

Linux: mailbox: imx: Add a channel shutdown field

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in02273054b2e94e53065ea5644265bb9d8f7ee2a7Also 944d8509c2220a2313d4a094a646507929fb6f8d, 5ccea7eacb7786c358833634f45700365f6c1d99 and 2 moreCVE List
Published23 Oct 2026Updated 23 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 02273054b2e94e53065ea5644265bb9d8f7ee2a7LinuxCVE List
  • 944d8509c2220a2313d4a094a646507929fb6f8dLinuxCVE List
  • 5ccea7eacb7786c358833634f45700365f6c1d99LinuxCVE List
  • 6.12.111LinuxCVE List
  • 6.18.53LinuxCVE List

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

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

mailbox: imx: Add a channel shutdown field

sashiko complained about possible teardown problem. The scenario

CPU 0 CPU 1 imx_mu_isr() imx_mu_shutdown() imx_mu_xcr_rmw(priv, IMX_MU_RCR, 0, IMX_MU_xCR_RIEn(priv->dcfg->type, cp->idx)); imx_mu_specific_rx() imx_mu_xcr_rmw(priv, IMX_MU_RCR, IMX_MU_xCR_RIEn(priv->dcfg->type, 0), 0); free_irq()

The RX event remains enabled because in this short window the RX event was disabled in ->shutdown() while the interrupt was active and then enabled again by the ISR while ->shutdown waited in free_irq().

This race requires timing and if happens can be problematic on shared handlers if the "removed" channel triggers an interrupt. In this case the irq-core will shutdown the interrupt with the "nobody cared" message.

Introduce imx_mu_con_priv::shutdown to signal that the channel is shutting down. This flag is set with the lock held (by imx_mu_xcr_clr_shut()). The unmask side uses imx_mu_xcr_set_act() which only enables the event if the channel has not been shutdown and serialises on the same lock.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 02273054b2e94e53065ea5644265bb9d8f7ee2a7CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 944d8509c2220a2313d4a094a646507929fb6f8dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 5ccea7eacb7786c358833634f45700365f6c1d99CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: all versions before 6.12.111CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: all versions before 6.18.53CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.111 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.53 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2CVE List

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