CVE-2026-98692

CVE-2026-98692

published October 18, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

thunderbolt: Make the DP tunnel activation callback mandatory

tb_tunnel_alloc_dp() takes an optional callback which is run from

dprx_work once the DPRX capabilities read has completed. Without that

callback tb_dp_dprx_start() reads the capabilities synchronously and

never queues the work. It however always takes a tunnel reference which

is only dropped by dprx_work itself or by tb_dp_dprx_stop() when

cancel_delayed_work() actually canceled that work. That reference is

thus leaked for every tunnel without a callback.

The only tunnels without one are those from tb_tunnel_discover_dp(),

which are activated again when restoring from hibernation.

Pass the callback to tb_tunnel_discover_dp() as well and drop the

synchronous path such that the DPRX capabilities are always read from

dprx_work. Hibernation restore then also no longer blocks for up to 12

seconds while waiting for that read to complete.

Also fix up the KUnit tests.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00155 · 4.3th percentile
Published
2026-10-18T20:17Z
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 OCT 03:34Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 18 OCT 15:46Z
    thunderbolt: Make the DP tunnel activation callback mandatory
    cvelistv5
  • 18 OCT 15:46Z
    thunderbolt: Make the DP tunnel activation callback mandatory
    cvelistv5