SB20261022120 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel brocade bna driver
Published: October 22, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98544)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to potentially cause a denial of service by crashing the kernel.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the Linux kernel bna Ethernet driver when tearing down a device or cleaning up a failed probe. A local privileged user can potentially exploit mutually rearming IOC timers to cause bnad_iocpf_timeout() to access bnad->bna_lock after free_netdev() has freed the containing struct bnad, potentially crashing the kernel.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e32ace754b57534ef0ca0fb99bcbea5b13ba2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d97a141e85a034566c33c7ed854c8a3e8a268f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77b1718e39e5c9f6956fb60807326af20baf889d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09d1c6729ee4a7812128902d9274ff565f958b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f04cbdfac9b8284146995ab7ba0d054ad1d20ec6