CVE-2026-68318

CVE-2026-68318

published August 10, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove

In pdsc_remove(), the workqueue is destroyed before pdsc_teardown()

is called. This ordering allows two paths to queue work on the

destroyed workqueue:

1. If pdsc_teardown() -> pdsc_devcmd_reset() times out, the error

path in pdsc_devcmd_locked() queues health_work.

2. A NotifyQ event can trigger the ISR and queue work before free_irq()

is called in pdsc_teardown().

Fix by moving destroy_workqueue() after pdsc_teardown() so the

workqueue outlives every queuer; destroy_workqueue() then flushes any

work still pending.

Draining the queued work also requires ordering the teardown so the

resources that work touches are freed last:

- In pdsc_qcq_free(), after freeing the interrupt, cancel_work_sync()

the queue's work and only then clear qcq->intx, so

pdsc_process_adminq()'s read of qcq->intx for interrupt-credit

return cannot race with the clear.

- Free adminqcq before notifyqcq: the shared adminq ISR is released

when adminqcq is freed, and the adminq work accesses notifyqcq, so

both must be stopped before notifyqcq is freed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.8th percentile
Published
2026-08-10T17:20Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 12:02Z
    pds_core: fix use-after-free on workqueue during remove
    cvelistv5